Making Rural and Remote Communities More Age-Friendly: Experts’ Perspectives on Issues, Challenges, and Priorities

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 173-191

  Menec, Verena ^a   Bell, Sheri ^a   Novek, Sheila ^a   Minnigaleeva, Gulnara A ^b   Morales, Ernesto ^c   Ouma, Titus ^d   Parodi, Jose F ^e   Winterton, Rachel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Min of Gender and Comm Development   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN MARTÍN DE PORRES   (Peru)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

age friendliness; age friendly communities; community development; public policy; remote communities; rural communities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY APPROACH; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL POLICY;

AGED; AGING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; RURAL POPULATION;

AGED; AGING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84929606779     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2014.995044     Document Type: Article

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