Review of community facilities in Australian retirement villages: A content analysis

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 144-148

  Xia, Bo ^a   Skitmore, Martin ^a   Zuo, Jian ^b   Buys, Laurie ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing population; Australia; Content analysis; Facility; Retirement village

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; QUEENSLAND; RECREATION; RETIREMENT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AGED; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; QUEENSLAND; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETIREMENT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84940961470     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12153     Document Type: Article

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