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Descriptor
English
:
Housing for the Elderly
Descriptor
Spanish
:
viviendas para ancianos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Habitação para Idosos
Synonyms
English
:
Continuing Care Retirement Centers
Life Care Centers, Retirement
Tree Number:
J03.340.260
N01.224.791.400.410
N06.230.150.360.260
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
for the able-bodied: do not confuse with
HOMES FOR THE AGED
, med & nurs care for the aged sick
See Related
English
:
Homes for the Aged
History Note
English
:
92
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
SD
supply & distribution
TD
trends
Record Number:
30045
Unique Identifier:
D016852
Occurrence in VHL
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