housing for the elderly

Preferred Label : housing for the elderly;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH hyponym : life care centers, retirement; continuing care retirement centers;

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

Details

Origin ID

D016852;

UMLS CUI

C0085378;

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- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Metaterm(s)
- geriatrics [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- continuing care retirement centers [MeSH concept]
- housing for the elderly [MeSH concept]
- life care centers, retirement [MeSH concept]
See also
- aged [MeSH Descriptor]
- homes for the aged [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- nursing homes [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Manufactured Object [UMLS semantic type]

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