The multiple meaning of home as experienced by very old Swedish people

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Dahlin Ivanoff, S ^a   Haak, M ^b   Fange A ^b   Iwarsson, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing in place; ENABLE AGE; Grounded theory; Meaning of home; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FREEDOM; GROUNDED THEORY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 33947127665     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11038120601151714     Document Type: Article

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