Moving to and living in a retirement home: Focusing on elderly people's sense of safety and security

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 45-60

  Fonad, Edit ^a   Wahlin, Tarja Brita Robins ^a,b,c   Heikkila, Kristina ^a   Emami, Azita ^a,c,d  

^a KC Kompetenscentrum   (Sweden)

^b AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Foundation Stockholm   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Fall; Home environment; Safety; Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845925717     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v20n03_04     Document Type: Article

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