The importance of successful place integration for perceived health in very old age: A qualitative meta-synthesis

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 589-595

  Haak, Maria ^a   Malmgren Fänge, Agneta ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^a   Dahlin Ivanoff, Synneve ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ENABLE AGE; Environmental gerontology; Everyday life; Home; Meaningful activity; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 81755184324     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0282-4     Document Type: Article

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