Unmaking old age: Political and cognitive formats of active ageing

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-46

  Lassen, Aske Juul ^a   Moreira, Tiago ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active ageing; Compression of morbidity; Conventional arrangements; Knowledge driven policy; Structured dependency; WHO EU

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84913617158     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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