Senior housing in Sweden - A question of class differences and collective aging: An interview study in rental apartments and housing cooperatives

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 77-93

  Motevasel, Ingrid Nilsson ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Architecture; Class segregation; Collective aging; Senior housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845953343     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v20n03_06     Document Type: Article

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