Elderburbia

Aging with a Sense of Place in America

AvPhilip B. Stafford

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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An informed and often moving account of the crucial role of place in the lives of elders and what researchers and city planners are doing—and need to do—to make communities more age-friendly.Elderburbia: Aging with a Sense of Place in America argues that aging is not about time and the body, but about place and relationships. Drawing on the fascinating, multidisciplinary field of ethnography, it gives readers a deeper understanding of how the aging experience is shaped by where people call home, as well as a look at what makes a place well-suited for post-retirement living. Elderburbia combines cutting-edge scholarship with practical advice. The book provides an introduction to pivotal research on the broad subject of aging and place, including studies of migration and relocation. It also takes readers inside innovative elder-friendly community planning around the United States, particularly AdvantAge—an initiative to help counties, cities, and towns prepare for the growing number of older adults who are “aging in place,” as opposed to moving to retiree-only communities. Everyone from individuals and families to social workers, activists, and city officials will find this a helpful, enlightening resource.20 individual profiles of community development initiatives and design guidelines for elder-friendly communities, participatory research, and planning methodsExcerpts from original ethnographic research on the sense of place and meaning of home, sociability design guidelines, and participation methods Graphics depicting elder-friendly community indicators and four domains of an elder-friendly communityAn extensive bibliography drawing on sources from anthropology, community planning, gerontology, and the broad literature on sense of place and phenomenology

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-10-01
Mått:281 x 166 x 18 mm
Vikt:466 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:187
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313364365

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Philip B. Stafford, PhD, is the director of the Center on Aging and Community and the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

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"A leader of aging, disability, and community based in Indiana, Stafford contributes only slightly, he says, to fuller discussions elsewhere about how American suburbs will have to be retrofitted for the elderly. His main concern is about the places older people call home, about homemaking in a sense of dwelling and belonging rather than cooking and cleaning. Among his topics are locating old age, memory and the creation of place, aging in third places, new forms of association in old age, and design guidelines for the new elderburbia." - Reference & Research Book News