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Healthy ageing and home: the perspectives of very old people in five European countries

This paper reports on in-depth research, using a grounded theory approach, to examine the ways in which very old people perceive healthy ageing in the context of living alone at home within urban settings in five European countries. This qualitative study was part of a cross-national project entitle...

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Main Authors: Sixsmith, Judith (Author) , Sixsmith, A. (Author) , Fänge, A. Malmgren (Author) , Naumann, Dörte (Author) , Kucsera, C. (Author) , Tomsone, S. (Author) , Haak, M. (Author) , Dahlin-Ivanoff, S. (Author) , Woolrych, R. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 21 January 2014
In: Social science & medicine
Year: 2014, Volume: 106, Pages: 1-9
ISSN:1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.006
Online Access:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.006
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953614000318
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Author Notes:J. Sixsmith, A. Sixsmith, A. Malmgren Fänge, D. Naumann, C. Kucsera, S. Tomsone, M. Haak, S. Dahlin-Ivanoff, R. Woolrych
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Summary:This paper reports on in-depth research, using a grounded theory approach, to examine the ways in which very old people perceive healthy ageing in the context of living alone at home within urban settings in five European countries. This qualitative study was part of a cross-national project entitled ENABLE-AGE which examined the relationship between home and healthy ageing.
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ISSN:1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.006

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