Design for independent living: Activity demands and capabilities of older people

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1239-1255

  Seidel, David ^a   Richardson, Kathryn ^b   Crilly, Nathan ^a   Matthews, Fiona E ^c   Clarkson, P John ^a   Brayne, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activity demand; capability; design; IADLs; independent living; older people

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGE CLASS; ELDERLY POPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957262722     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000310     Document Type: Article

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