Living arrangements, relationship to people in the household and admission to care homes for older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-363

  McCann, Mark ^a   Donnelly, Michael ^a   O'Reilly, Dermot ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission risk; Care homes for older people; Elderly; Living arrangements

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARITAL STATUS; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955373877     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr031     Document Type: Article

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