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Housing for the Elderly

Housing arrangements for the elderly or aged, intended to foster independent living. The housing may take the form of group homes or small apartments. It is available to the economically self-supporting but the concept includes housing for the elderly with some physical limitations. The concept should be differentiated from HOMES FOR THE AGED which is restricted to long-term geriatric facilities providing supervised medical and nursing services.

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Abstract

Housing arrangements for the elderly or aged, intended to foster independent living. The housing may take the form of group homes or small apartments. It is available to the economically self-supporting but the concept includes housing for the elderly with some physical limitations. The concept should be differentiated from HOMES FOR THE AGED which is restricted to long-term geriatric facilities providing supervised medical and nursing services.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Continuing Care Retirement Centers
  • Life Care Centers, Retirement

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

for the able-bodied: do not confuse with HOMES FOR THE AGED, med & nurs care for the aged sick

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History Note

92

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Previous Indexing

  • Housing (1967-1991)

MeSH Hierarchy

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  1. J03.340w.260w
  2. N01.224w.791.400w.410w
  3. N06.230w.150.360w.260w

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NLM Classification

WT 101

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Housing for the Elderly. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016852. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016852
  2. Housing for the Elderly. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_community
  3. Housing for the Elderly. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269448