What makes older people choose residential care, and are there alternatives?

Housing, Care and Support

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 4-8

  Stilwell, Pippa ^a   Kerslake, Andrew ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993047458     PISSN: 14608790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14608790200400024     Document Type: Review

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