Becoming Disabled After Age 65: The Expected Lifetime Costs of Independent Living
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Housing and health care for older people.
There is an enormous impact of home conditions both on the health of an older person living with a long-term illness, and their ability to remain independent in the face of disability. Geriatricians are often called upon to give advice to older people with a new illness about where to live. It is important therefore that they should understand the relationship between housing and health, and ho...
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تاریخ انتشار 2005