Housing and care for older people: Life in an English purpose-built retirement village

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-578

  Bernard, Miriam ^a   Bartlam, Bernadette ^a   Sim, Julius ^a   Biggs, Simon ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Care; Fit; Frail; Retirement community

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSING; RETIREMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDLANDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548578797     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07005983     Document Type: Article

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