"but i am not moving": Residents' perspectives on transitions within a continuing care retirement community

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 418-427

  Shippee, Tetyana Pylypiv ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Qualitative methods; Social relationships in institutions; Transitions in CCRCs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MORTALITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67149104076     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp030     Document Type: Article

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