Ageing in changing community contexts: Cross-border perspectives from rural Ireland and Northern Ireland

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-357

  Walsh, Kieran ^a   O'Shea, Eamon ^a   Scharf, Thomas ^a   Murray, Michael ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Ireland; Northern Ireland; Older people; Rural ageing; Rural transformation

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ELDERLY POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

IRELAND; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880515069     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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