The impact of ageing-in-place policies on structural change in residential aged care

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-31

  Richardson, Bev ^a   Bartlett, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accreditation standards; Ageing in place; Policy; Resident outcomes; Residential aged care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 60849127869     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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