Physical barriers and risks in basic activities of daily living performance evaluation in state housing for older people in Chile

Housing, Care and Support

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-31

  Pizzi, Marcela ^a   Chalmers, John ^a   Bunout, Daniel ^a   Osorio, Paulina ^a   Fernández, Viviana ^a   Cusato, MacArena ^a   Avendaño, Valentina ^a   Rivera, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ageing (biology); Barriers; Chile; Housing; Improvements; In dependency; Older people; Quality of life; Risks; Social care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874898346     PISSN: 14608790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14608791311310519     Document Type: Article

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