The impact of activity interventions on the well-being of older adults in continuing care communities

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 888-911

  Winstead, Vicki ^a   Yost, Elizabeth A ^b   Cotten, Shelia R ^c   Berkowsky, Ronald W ^d   Anderson, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

activities; continuing care; life satisfaction; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; HEALTH STATUS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907215681     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464814537701     Document Type: Article

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