Homes away from home: Registered clubs as leisure providers for older people living in the Tweed Heads region of Australia

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-235

  Patford, Janet ^a   Breen, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian registered and licensed clubs; Leisure; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905731872     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2009.9686819     Document Type: Article

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