Institutionalisation and subjective wellbeing for old-age individuals: Is life really miserable in care homes?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1176-1192

  Böckerman, Petri ^a   Johansson, Edvard ^b   Saarni, Samuli I ^c  

^a LABOUR INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b Aland University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

ageing; institutionalisation; quality of life; subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; QUALITY OF LIFE;

FINLAND;

EID: 84865461209     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X1100081X     Document Type: Article

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