Ageing and place : perspectives, policy, practice /
An increasing amount of academic research has focused on older people with a particular emphasis on settings, places and spaces. This book provides a comprehensive review of research and the policy area of 'ageing and place'.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in human geography ;
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Geographical studies in ageing : progress and connections to social gerontology / Gavin J. Andrews and David R. Phillips
- 2. Placing ageing : positionings in the study of older people / Robin A. Kearns and Gavin J. Andrews
- 3. Multi-disciplinary configurations in gerontology / Pia C. Kontos
- 4. International demographic transitions / Kevin McCracken and David R. Phillips
- 5. Residential homes : from distributions in space to the elements of place / Gavin J. Andrews
- 6. Home as a new site of care provision and consumption / Janine Wiles
- 7. Healthy ageing in the community / Helen Bartlett and Nancye Peel
- 8. The physically ageing body and the use of space / Kichu Nair
- 9. Environment and psychological responses to ageing / Robyn Findlay and Deirdre McLaughlin
- 10. Ageing in rural communities : vulnerable people in vulnerable places / Alun E. Joseph and Denise Cloutier-Fisher
- 11. Ageing and the urban environment / David R. Phillips [and others]
- 12. Imagined landscapes of age and identity / Andrew Blaikie
- 13. Cataloguing old age / Bill Bytheway and Julia Johnson
- 14. Making space for identity / Sheila M. Peace, Caroline Holland and Leonie Kellaher.
