What are older adults seeking? Factors encouraging or discouraging retirement village living

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-170

  Crisp, Dimity A ^a   Windsor, Tim D ^b   Butterworth, Peter ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Housing decision; Relocation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOUSING DECISION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELOCATION; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; HOUSING DECISION; RELOCATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84884208301     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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