The Environments of Ageing: Space, Place and Materiality

Author:   Sheila Peace (The Open University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781447310556


Pages:   410
Publication Date:   24 February 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Sheila Peace (The Open University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447310556


ISBN 10:   1447310551
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   24 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface: Understanding the Structure 1. Person and Environment 2. Theoretical Development 3. The Global Context 4. Environmental Living 5. Housing in Later Life 6. Housing Histories, Housing Options 7. Alternative Environments: Specialised Housing (with care) 8. Care Home Living: A Form of Long-term Care 9. Methodological Development 10. Re-thinking the Spatiality of Ageing

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An impressive range of topics in theory, research, practice and policy on diverse environmental settings for ageing. An invaluable resource to understand contemporary issues, challenges and possibilities of the places and spaces in later life. Habib Chaudhury, Simon Fraser University 'The Environments of Ageing' offers a comprehensive view of places and spaces from a scholar who helped shape our understanding of contexts from home to global. Norah C. Keating, Swansea University, UK, University of Alberta, Canada and North-West University, South Africa


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Sheila Peace is Emeritus Professor of Social Gerontology in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at The Open University. A social geographer by first discipline Sheila is known internationally as a social and environmental gerontologist.

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