The importance of place for older people moving into care homes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 859-867

  Reed, Jan ^a   Payton, Valerie Roskell ^b   Bond, Senga ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031914425     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00210-4     Document Type: Article

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