Local housing and service decisions: Planning for aging adults in rural communities

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 5-22

  Niemeyer, Shirley M ^a   Cook, Christine C ^b   Memken, Jean ^c   Crull, Sue ^b   Bruin, Marilyn ^d   Laux, Sharon ^e   White, Betty Jo ^f   Yust, Becky ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Decision; Elderly; Housing; Planning; Rural; Services; Vitality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447622520     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v20n04_02     Document Type: Article

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