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Author Peace, Sheila M., author.

Title The environments of ageing : space, place and materiality / Sheila Peace
Published Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource
Series Ageing in a global context
Ageing in a global context.
Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Research summaries -- List of acronyms -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Series editors' preface -- Preface: understanding the structure -- Person and environment -- Theoretical development -- The global context -- Environmental living -- Housing in later life -- Housing histories, housing options -- Alternative environments: specialised housing (with care) -- Care home living: a form of long-term care -- Methodological development -- Rethinking the spatiality of ageing -- Glossary of terms -- References -- Index
Summary Providing the first UK assessment of environmental gerontology, this book enriches current understanding of the spatiality of ageing. It contextualises personal experience in national and local spaces and places, considers the value of intergenerational and age-related living and global to local concerns for population ageing in light of COVID-19
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 08, 2022)
Subject Aging.
Space -- Philosophy
Place (Philosophy)
Environmental psychology.
Older people -- Housing.
Aging
Environmental Psychology
environmental psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology.
Place (Philosophy)
Older people -- Housing
Environmental psychology
Aging
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1447310578
9781447321620
1447321626
9781447310570