1. Geographical studies in ageing : progress and connections to social gerontology / Gavin J. Andrews and David R. Phillips -- 2. Placing ageing : positionings in the study of older people / Robin A. Kearns and Gavin J. Andrews -- 3. Multi-disciplinary configurations in gerontology / Pia C. Kontos -- 4. International demographic transitions / Kevin McCracken and David R. Phillips -- 5. Residential homes : from distributions in space to the elements of place / Gavin J. Andrews -- 6. Home as a new site of care provision and consumption / Janine Wiles -- 7. Healthy ageing in the community / Helen Bartlett and Nancye Peel -- 8. The physically ageing body and the use of space / Kichu Nair -- 9. Environment and psychological responses to ageing / Robyn Findlay and Deirdre McLaughlin -- 10. Ageing in rural communities : vulnerable people in vulnerable places / Alun E. Joseph and Denise Cloutier-Fisher -- 11. Ageing and the urban environment / David R. Phillips [and others] -- 12. Imagined landscapes of age and identity / Andrew Blaikie -- 13. Cataloguing old age / Bill Bytheway and Julia Johnson -- 14. Making space for identity / Sheila M. Peace, Caroline Holland and Leonie Kellaher
Summary
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'
