The last resort? Revisiting ideas about older people's living arrangements

Ageing and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-384

  Oldman, Christine ^a   Quilgars, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home care; Institution home dichotomy; Marketisation; Residential care; Theories of old age

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; LIVING STANDARD;

EID: 0033385932     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X99007370     Document Type: Article

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