Is the typical modern house designed for future adaptation for disabled older people?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 398-401

  Frain, J P ^a   Carr, P H ^a  

^a DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Housing; Old age

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COST; DISABLED PERSON; HOUSING; INDEPENDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; DISABLED PERSONS; ENGLAND; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; SAFETY;

EID: 0029823662     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.5.398     Document Type: Article

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