Motives for residential mobility in later life: Post-move perspectives of elders and family members

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-154

  Sergeant, Julie F ^a   Ekerdt, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 39749161548     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.66.2.c     Document Type: Article

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