Residential context, social relationships, and subjective well-being in assisted living

Research on Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-394

  Street, Debra ^a   Burge, Stephanie Woodham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive reframing; Assisted living; Cumulative inequality; Friendship; Long term care; Social support; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859080422     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027511423928     Document Type: Article

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