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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'.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Andrews, Gavin J., 1970-, Phillips, David R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Colección:Routledge studies in human geography ; 9.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.