Creating possibilities for action in the presence of environmental barriers in the process of 'ageing in place'

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-70

  Johansson, Karin ^a   Josephsson, Staffan ^a   Lilja, Margareta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agency; Empowerment; Home modification; Place integration; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPOWERMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 57749201327     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007538     Document Type: Article

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