Ageing and Place

<p>During recent years, an increasing amount of academic research has focused on older people with a particular emphasis on settings, places and spaces. This book provides a comprehensive review of research and the policy area of 'ageing and place'. </p><p>An insightful book on an important topic, Andrews and Phillips have together edited a valuable information and reference source for those with interests in the spatial dimensions of ageing in the twenty-first century. Ranging from macro-scale perspectives on the distribution of older populations on national scales, to the meaning of specific local places and settings to older individuals, on the micro-scale, the book spans an entire range of research traditions and international perspectives.</p> <p>List of Figures and Tables. List of Contributors. Introduction 1. Geographical Studies in Ageing: Progress and Connections to Social Gerontology <em>Gavin J. Andrews and David R. Phillips </em>2. Placing Ageing: Positionings in the Study of Older People <em>Robin A. Kearns and Gavin J. Andrews </em>3. Multi-Disciplinary Configurations in Gerontology <em>Pia C. Kontos </em>4. International Demographic Transitions <em>Kevin McCracken and David R. Phillips </em>5. Residential Homes: From Distributions in Space to the Elements of Place <em>Gavin J. Andrews </em>6. Home as a New Site of Care Provision and Consumption <em>Janine Wiles </em>7. Healthy Ageing in the Community <em>Helen Bartlett and Nancye Peel </em>8. The Physically Ageing Body and the Use of Space <em>Kichu Nair </em>9. Environment and Psychological Responses to Ageing <em>Robyn Findlay and Deirdre McLaughlin </em>10. Ageing in Rural Communities: Vulnerable People in Vulnerable Places <em>Alun E. Joseph and Denise Cloutier-Fisher </em>11. Ageing and the Urban Environment <em>David R. Phillips, Oi-Ling Siu, Anthony G.-O. Yeh and Kevin H. C. Cheng </em>12. Imagined Landscapes of Age and Identity <em>Andrew Blaikie </em>13. Cataloguing Old Age <em>Bill Bytheway and Julia Johnson </em>14. Making Space for Identity <em>Sheila M. Peace, Caroline Holland and Leonie Kellaher </em>References. Index.</p>