Building social capital among rural, older Australians through information and communication technologies: A review article

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-14

  Warburton, Jeni ^a   Cowan, Sue ^a   Bathgate, Tenzin ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Healthy ageing; Information and communication technology; Older people; Rural community; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION;

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84875599096     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00634.x     Document Type: Review

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