The meaning of "aging in place" to older people

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 357-366

  Wiles, Janine L ^a   Leibing, Annette ^b   Guberman, Nancy ^c   Reeve, Jeanne ^a   Allen, Ruth E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Autonomy; Choice; Environment; Home and community based care and services; Housing; Identity; Meaning; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84863612342     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr098     Document Type: Article

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