Doing it my way

Gerontologist

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 693-703

  Skemp, Lisa E ^a   Maas, Meridean L ^b   Umbarger Mackey, Michelle ^c  

^a Our Lady of the Lake College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Community; Motel; Self care related choices; SRO

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904988552     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt052     Document Type: Article

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