Housing Canada's oldest-old: Correlates of their residential status

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 376-403

  Richards, Judy Lynn ^a   Rankaduwa, Wimal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Housing; Oldest old; Policy; Residential status

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249140106     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763890802458478     Document Type: Article

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