Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: Urban -- 1. Aging in urban Canada -- 2. 'An accessible route is always the longest': older adults' experience of their urban environment captured by user led audits and photovoice -- 3. Urban community vignette -- 4. Walking in the city: seniors' experience in Canada and France -- 5. Urban practitioner vignette -- Part II: Suburban -- 6. Aging in suburban Canada -- 7. An age-friendly city? LGBTQ and frail older adults
8. Suburban community vignette -- 9. New micro-mobilities and aging in the suburbs -- 10. Suburban practitioner vignette -- Part III: Rural -- 11. Aging in rural Canada -- 12. A profile of the rural and remote older population -- 13. Rural community vignette -- 14. Supports and limitations of aging in a rural place for women aged 85 and older -- 15. Rural practitioner vignette -- Part IV: Indigenous -- 16. Aging in Indigenous Canada -- 17. Pursuing pathways to care: dementia and aging in Indigenous communities -- 18. Indigenous community vignette
19. Métis older adults and the negotiation of nativeness -- 20. Indigenous practitioner vignette -- Conclusion -- Index -- Back cover
Summary
Bringing together academic research, practitioner reflections and personal narratives from older adults across Canada, this text provides a rare spotlight on the local implications of aging in Canadian cities and communities. They provide a wide-ranging and comprehensive discussion of how to build supportive communities for Canadians of all ages
