The Social Construction of “Emerging Elders”: Implications for Age-Friendly Community Assessments

The Social Construction of “Emerging Elders”: Implications for Age-Friendly Community Assessments

The term “emerging elders” has surfaced in age-friendly community assessment tools to denote a subset of older adults; however, limited guidance is provided on its application to aging populations. The goal of this study was to develop a data-driven conceptualization of “emerging elders” as part of...

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Main Authors: Noelle L. Fields PhD, Gail Adorno PhD, Brandi Felderhoff, Rupal Parekh, MSW, Vivian Miller, MSW, Karen Magruder MSW, Kellie Rogers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-07-01
Series:Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721418784844

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