New lifestyles in old age : health, identity and well-being in Berryhill Retirement Village /

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This report explores what it is like to live and work in the new Berryhill Retirement Village in Stoke-on-Trent (developed by The ExtraCare Charitable Trust and Touchstone Housing Association), and shows that retirement housing does not have to be planned and developed solely with middle-class profe...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bernard, Miriam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2004.
Temas:
Berryhill Retirement Village (Stoke-on-Trent, England)
Retirement communities > England > Stoke-on-Trent.
Community health services for older people > England > Stoke-on-Trent.
Well-being > Age factors > England > Stoke-on-Trent.
Villages-retraite > Angleterre > Stoke-on-Trent.
Personnes âgées > Services communautaires de santé > Angleterre > Stoke-on-Trent.
Bien-être > Facteurs liés à l'âge > Angleterre > Stoke-on-Trent.
SELF-HELP > Aging.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
Community health services for older people.
Retirement communities.
Well-being > Age factors.
England > Stoke-on-Trent.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • New lifestyles in old age; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; A day in the life of a retirement community resident; 1. Retirement communities: the context; 2. Developing a retirement community lifestyle: participation and involvement; 3. Health and well-being; 4. Growing older: age and identity; 5. Conclusions; References; Appendix A: Research questions; Appendix B: The study's timeline; Appendix C: Questionnaires; Appendix D: Interviews; Appendix E: Participation groups and community conferencing.

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