Is aging in place a resource for or risk to life satisfaction?

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-250

  Oswald, Frank ^a   Jopp, Daniela ^b   Rott, Christoph ^c   Wahl, Hans Werner ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elders; Housing; Life satisfaction; Neighborhood; Old old; Young old

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79952948505     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq096     Document Type: Article

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