Managing decline in assisted living: The key to aging in place

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Ball, Mary M ^a   Perkins, Molly M ^a   Whittington, Frank J ^a   Connell, Bettye Rose ^b   Hollingsworth, Carole ^a   King, Sharon V ^a   Elrod, Carrie L ^a   Combs, Bess L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; ATTITUDE; FAMILY; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAFF;

EID: 3543028013     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/59.4.S202     Document Type: Article

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