Policies for older volunteers: A study of Germany and Italy, 1990-2008

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 443-455

  Komp, Kathrin ^a   van Kersbergen, Kees ^a   van Tilburg, Theo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discourse; Germany; Italy; Old age; Policies; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

DISCUSSION GROUP;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; POLICIES; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEER; VOLUNTEERING;

DISCOURSE; GERMANY; ITALY; OLD AGE; POLICIES; VOLUNTEERING;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84887330451     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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