Quality of life in older age: Evidence from an Irish cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL2, 2013, Pages

  Layte, Richard ^a   Sexton, Eithne ^a   Savva, George ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CASP 19; life domains; older age; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PLEASURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; IRELAND; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84877695687     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12198     Document Type: Article

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