Residents in Assisted Living Facilities and Visitation Patterns

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 31-42

  Juozapavicius, Kevin ^b  

^a Woodland Terrace ^*  (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Senior housing; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937340314     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v15n01_03     Document Type: Article

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