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The living arrangements of elderly people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Emily Grundy*
Affiliation:
Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College, London, UK
*
Emily Grundy, Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College, Cornwall House Annexe, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TX, UK.

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Social and psychological gerontology
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