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Descriptor English: Housing for the Elderly
Descriptor Spanish: Viviendas para Ancianos
Descriptor viviendas para ancianos
Entry term(s) centros de jubilados con asistencia médica
residencias para jubilados con cuidados sanitarios
Scope note: Alojamientos para personas de edad o ancianos, concebidos para hacer una vida independiente. Estas viviendas pueden tener forma de hogares para grupos o pequeños apartamentos. Están concebidos para personas económicamente autosuficientes, si bien el concepto incluye viviendas para personas de edad con limitaciones físicas. Este concepto de viviendas debe diferenciarse del de RESIDENCIAS PARA ANCIANOS, reservado a instalaciones geriátricas de larga duración, que disponen de servicios supervisados médicos y de enfermería.
Descriptor Portuguese: Habitação para Idosos
Descriptor French: Résidences pour personnes âgées
Entry term(s): Continuing Care Retirement Centers
Life Care Centers, Retirement
Tree number(s): J03.340.260
N01.224.791.400.410
N06.230.150.360.260
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016852
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: for the able-bodied: do not confuse with HOMES FOR THE AGED, med & nurs care for the aged sick
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Housing (1967-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Related: Homes for the Aged MeSH
DeCS ID: 30045
Unique ID: D016852
NLM Classification: WT 30
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/02
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Housing for the Elderly - Preferred
Concept UI M0025651
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Housing for the Elderly
Life Care Centers, Retirement - Narrower
Concept UI M0025652
Preferred term Life Care Centers, Retirement
Continuing Care Retirement Centers - Narrower
Concept UI M0025650
Preferred term Continuing Care Retirement Centers



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