The housing enabler screening tool: Feasibility and interrater agreement in a real estate company practice context

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 641-660

  Iwarsson, Susanne ^a   Slaug, Björn ^a   Fänge, Agneta Malmgren ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

accessibility; environmental barriers; home assessment; housing provision; physical environment; transdisciplinary research

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOUSING; HOUSING ENABLER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REAL ESTATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84868132314     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464810397354     Document Type: Article

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