Mobilizing resources for well-being: Implications for developing interventions in the retirement transition

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 615-629

  Heaven, Ben ^a   O'Brien, Nicola ^a   Evans, Elizabeth H ^a   White, Martin ^a,b   Meyer, Thomas D ^c   Mathers, John C ^a   Moffatt, Suzanne ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Later life; Retirement; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; ENGLAND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; PENSIONER; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETIREMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84983791827     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu159     Document Type: Article

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