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Title Home and identity in late life international perspectives / Graham D. Rowles, Habib Chaudhury editors
Published New York : Springer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 399 pages) : illustrations
Contents Coming Home -- The Essence of Home -- Disruptions of Home -- Creating and Recreating Home -- Community Perspective on the Meaning of Home -- Leaving Home: Commentaries
Summary "Presenting insightful essays and findings from empirical studies, leading contemporary scholars examine the meaning of home to elders and the ways in which this meaning may be sustained, threatened, or modified in association with both normal and pathological changes with growing old. For example, health and well being can be affected by an environmental change, such as a change in an established neighborhood or a forced relocation. Section topics explored include: The Essence of Home; Disruptions of Home: Creating and Recreating Home; and Community Perspective on the Meaning of Home. The volume concludes with a series of critical commentaries that add unique perspectives on the topic"--Provided by the Publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Older people -- Dwellings -- Psychological aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
Home -- Psychological aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
Identity (Psychology) in old age -- Cross-cultural studies
Cross-cultural studies.
Group identity.
Housing for the Elderly
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Residence Characteristics
Social Identification
housing for the elderly.
group identity.
SELF-HELP -- Aging.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Adulthood & Aging.
Group identity
Cross-cultural studies
Home -- Psychological aspects
Identity (Psychology) in old age
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Rowles, Graham D.
Chaudhury, Habib.
LC no. 2005008168
ISBN 9780826127167
0826127169
1281811610
9781281811615
9786611811617
6611811613