Designing for change: Attitudes toward the elderly and intergenerational programming

Child and Youth Services

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 161-173

  Vernon, Anne E ^a  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Intergenerational; Programs; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013254329     PISSN: 0145935X     EISSN: 15452298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J024v20n01_12     Document Type: Article

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