Exploring identity and aging: Auto-photography and narratives of low income older adults

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-55

  Kohon, Jacklyn ^a   Carder, Paula ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Photo elicitation; Photovoice; Poverty; Qualitative; Subsidized housing

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PHOTOGRAPHY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84898678271     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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