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This important book addresses a growing international interest in 'age-friendly' communities, examining the conflicting stereotypes of rural communities as either idyllic and supportive or isolated and bereft of services.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Keating, Norah Christine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Eldercare.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
Rural elderly > Services for.
Rural elderly > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A critical human ecology perspective on rural ageing / Norah Keating and Judith Phillips
  • Crossing borders : lifecourse, rural ageing and disability / Tamara Daly and Gordon Grant
  • Rurality and ageing well : 'a long time here' / Sherry Ann Chapman and Sheila Peace
  • The evolution of networks of rural older adults / G. Clare Wenger and Norah Keating
  • Distance, privacy and independence : rural homecare / Joanie Sims-Gould and Anne Martin-Matthews
  • Respite for rural and remote caregivers / Neena L. Chappell, Bonnie Schroeder and Michelle Gibbens
  • Ageing, disability and participation / Janet Fast and Jenny de Jong Gierveld
  • Participation in rural contexts : community matters / Julia Rozanova, Donna Dosman and Jenny de Jong Gierveld
  • Staying connected : issues of mobility of older rural adults / Bonnie Dobbs and Laurel Strain
  • Ageing and social excluion in rural communties / Thomas Scharf and Bernadette Bartlam
  • Age-friendly rural communities / Jacquie Eales, Janice Keefe and Norah Keating
  • Revisiting rural ageing / Norah Keating.

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