%0 Journal Article
%T Transitioning the Elderly into Long-Term Care Facilities: A Search for Solutions
%J Activities, adaptation and aging
%D 2001
%A Rehfeldt, Ruth Anne
%A Steele, Abbey
%A Dixon, Mark R.
%V 24
%N 4
%P 27-40
%X An increasing number of elders will be moving into long-term care facilities in the coming decades. This review identifies a number of factors that predict the degree to which an individual's adjustment to his or her new environment will be successful. In addition, a number of potential interventions are described which may help to alleviate some of the difficulties elders may experience upon relocation.<p />
%G 
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0192-4788
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J016v24n04_03