Students' Perceptions of a Community-Based Service-Learning Project Related to Aging in Place

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 285-296

  Oakes, Claudia E ^a   Sheehan, Nancy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

aging in place; attitudes; gerontology higher education; health care students; older women; research training; service learning

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903575152     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2014.907158     Document Type: Article

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