Feeling at home: Korean Americans in senior public housing

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-242

  Seo, Yoon Kyoung ^a   Mazumdar, Sanjoy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptations of environments; Korean immigrant elderly; Object detachment; Residential relocation decision making; Spatial oblation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958257656     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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