Toward a screening tool for housing accessibility problems: A reduced version of the housing enabler

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-80

  Carlsson, Gunilla ^a   Schilling, Oliver ^b   Slaug, Björn ^a   Fänge, Agneta ^a   Ståhl, Agneta ^a   Nygren, Carita ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Home assessment; Housing provision; Item reduction; Physical environment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

EID: 58149473107     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464808315293     Document Type: Article

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