Communities of place and communities of interest? An exploration of their changing role in later life

Ageing and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1300-1318

  Means, Robin ^a   Evans, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community; interests; later life; place

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84867521583     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X11000961     Document Type: Article

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