Center-Based Exercise Delivery: Feasibility of a Staff-Delivered Program and the Benefits for Low-Functioning Older Adults Accessing Respite Day Care

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-238

  Henwood, Tim ^a   Wooding, Alicia ^b   de Souza, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Blue Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; exercise; physical capacity; respite day care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884475384     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2013.816832     Document Type: Article

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