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Title Housing decisions in later life / Roger Clough [and others]
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 255 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Houses and People: The Construction of Living Arrangements -- Telling Older People's Housing Stories -- Housing Decisions in Later Life -- Understanding Housing Decisions -- Attachments to Home -- Worried Lives -- The 'Looking Glass Self' -- Preferences in Living Arrangements -- Theory, Policy and Practice -- Appendices: 1 Interview Schedule; 2 Questionnaire; 3 'Letter to the editor' requesting written housing stories; 4 Circulation list for press release for written housing stories -- References
Summary Deciding where to live at any age is stressful and complex. In later life people imagine their own ageing and whether they will be able to cope in their current house. Drawing on research material from over 1000 older people, the authors unravel this experience. People cannot know their future: some move early to houses that will be easier to manage; others avoid thinking of a life that appears problematic or painful. Housing Decisions in Later Life is essential reading for all who want to understand better the housing experiences of older people, the involvement of older people in research, the place of emotions in decision-making and, indeed, ageing itself. Older people demand more space in specialist housing to live fulfilled lives rather than solely to manage decline. The linking of housing stories with theory makes it valuable for those in planning or policy, architects and managers, academics and students
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-247) and indexes
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Subject Older people -- Housing -- Great Britain -- Decision making
Housing -- Resident satisfaction -- Great Britain
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
Housing -- Resident satisfaction
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Clough, Roger
ISBN 9780230005938
0230005934
1280282843
9781280282843