The home is the hub of health in very old age: Findings from the ENABLE-AGE Project

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-345

  Fange A ^a   Ivanoff, S Dahlin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategies; Daily activities of the elderly; Semi structured interviews; Societal participation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SWEDEN;

EID: 62949246370     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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