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Peer reviewedSetterlund, Deborah; Abbott, Joan – Community Development Journal, 1995
Fifteen older women involved as volunteers faced several barriers to participation: pain, disability, family obligations, assumptions about age, transportation, and different patterns and pace of life. Structural changes that would enhance older people's contributions to community life were suggested. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Females, Foreign Countries
