The elderly homeless men in Bloomsbury hostels: Their needs for services

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 724-727

  Abdul Hamid, Walid ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly homeless people; Elderly hostel residents; Homelessness in the elderly; Needs for psychiatric services; Urban psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030755878     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199707)12:7<724::AID-GPS623>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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