The outcomes of rehousing older homeless people: A longitudinal study

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 891-918

  Crane, Maureen ^a   Warnes, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duration of homelessness; Housing support; Older homeless people; Resettlement; Settledness

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; SERVICE PROVISION; SETTLEMENT PLANNING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35548998723     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07006319     Document Type: Article

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