From retirement village to residential aged care: What older people and their families say

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-17

  Cheek, Julianne ^a   Ballantyne, Alison ^a   Byers, Loretta ^b   Quan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Village Care Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Older people; Qualitative research; Residential aged care; Retirement villages; Transition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETIREMENT;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETIREMENT;

EID: 33845808346     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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