Architecture for the silver generation: Exploring the meaning of appropriate space for ageing in a Swedish municipality

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 572-587

  Andersson, Jonas E ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing in place; Architecture; Place making; Residential homes; User values

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

AGING POPULATION; ARCHITECTURE; ESTHETICS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HABITAT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79952534505     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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