Aging, health and place in residential care facilities in Beijing, China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-372

  Cheng, Yang ^a,b   Rosenberg, Mark W ^b   Wang, Wuyi ^c   Yang, Linsheng ^c   Li, Hairong ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; China; Residential care; Therapeutic landscapes; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FAMILY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79952998697     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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