Why Place Matters: Place and Place Attachment for Older Adults

Author:   Joyce Weil
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032450278


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   02 October 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Joyce Weil
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781032450278


ISBN 10:   1032450274
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   02 October 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: Critically Defining, Reframing, and Measuring Place Part I: Defining and Redefining Place 1. Models of Place: Past and Present, including Person-Place Fit and Place Attachment 2. Place in Relationship to Primary or Basic Needs/Necessities Part II: Traditional Place Markers Seen in a New Way 3. Community-Based Services and Resources 4. Neighborhood Changes and Moving Part III: Place Identity and Place Attachment 5. Place Identity and Place Attachment 6. Community Feeling and Feeling Valued in the Community Part IV: New Directions and Intersectional Place 7. New Place Models and Future Place Directions 8. Conclusion Appendix: Methodology Integrating and Measuring the Many Domains of Place: Development of the Person-Place Fit Measure for Older Adults (PPFM-OA) Index

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Centering the voices and choices of older adults, Joyce Weil’s new text Why Place Matters: Place and Place Attachment for Older Adults offers a comprehensive review of empirical and theoretical models of person-place fit that have informed her Evolving Place Framework. Through descriptive evidence-based narratives, the diversity of late life questions for where, and maybe more importantly, for how one wants to live are showcased. This is an important text for those interested in incorporating the lived experiences of older adults into our current conceptualizations of place attachment and understanding what it means to be aging in the right place. Sarah Canham, Associate Professor, College of Social Work, University of Utah. Where is the best place to grow old? Joyce Weil skillfully demonstrates that there is no one-size-fits-all place. Why Place Matters importantly moves beyond static notions of aging in place to richly layer theory and lived experience in a new and complex reframing of 'place' in later life. Jessica Finlay, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder


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Joyce Weil is an associate professor in Towson University’s Gerontology Program. She studies the meaning of place for older adults and applies social research methodologies to the study of aging. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Women & Aging and board member for the Gerontologist and for Gerontology & Geriatrics Education. In addition to articles, like those in the Gerontologist, Research on Aging, Ageing & Society, and City & Community, she is the author of The New Neighborhood Senior Center, Research Design in Aging and Social Gerontology, and Race and the Lifecourse.

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