Age-friendly rural communities: Conceptualizing 'Best-Fit'

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 319-332

  Keating, Norah ^a   Eales, Jacquie ^a   Phillips, Judith E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age friendly community; aging; community diversity; person environment fit; rural communities

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CANADA; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

AGED; AGING; CANADA; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84888114431     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980813000408     Document Type: Article

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