Responding to the needs of older homeless people: The effectiveness and limitations of British services

Innovation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-152

  Crane, Maureen ^a   Warnes, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING PROVISION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21144452699     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610500096434     Document Type: Article

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