Meeting the Needs of the Growing Very Old Population: Policy Implications for a Global Challenge

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 218-231

  Pin, Stephanie ^a   Spini, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; efficiency; inclusion; public policy; social integration; very old

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOCIAL POLICY;

ADULT; AGING; DRAWING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATION; POLICY; VERY ELDERLY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84975321408     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2016.1181972     Document Type: Article

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