Understanding the essence of home: Older people's experience of home in Australia

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-47

  De Jonge, Desleigh M ^a   Jones, Andrew ^a   Phillips, Rhonda ^a   Chung, Magdalene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geriatric occupational therapy; Gerontology; Home modification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79951825099     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: 15570703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.312     Document Type: Article

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