Aging Independently
Subtitle: Living Arrangements and Mobility
Contributors: K. Warner Schaie (Editor); Hans Werner-Wahl (Editor); Heidrum Mollenkopf (Editor); Frank Oswald (Editor)
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780826118547
Subjects: Gynaecology & obstetrics; Nursing - Home & Community Care; Gerontology; Geriatric Nursing; Health Services For Older Adults; Orientation and mobility; Medical; Sociology; Nursing - Gerontology; Older people; Aging; Environmental aspects; Housing
First sentence: The purpose of this chapter is to convey the general message that a person's living arrangement is an important and critical facet of aging in the community as well as of gerontology, particularly environmental gerontology (e.g., Wahl, 2001a, 2001b).