'Got a room for me?' Housing experiences of older adults living with HIV/AIDS in Ottawa

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-48

  Furlotte, Charles ^a   Schwartz, Karen ^b   Koornstra, Jay J ^c   Naster, Richard ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Bruce House   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; HIV AIDS; homelessness; housing; long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84857824155     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980811000584     Document Type: Article

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