The Impact of Ethnic Involvement and Migration Patterns on Long-Term Care Plans among Retired Sunbelt Migrants: Plans for Nursing Home Placement

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Stoller, Eleanor Palo ^a   Perzynski, Adam T ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIGRATION; NURSING HOME; PENSIONER; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345016297     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.6.S369     Document Type: Article

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