Environmental gerontology [[electronic resource] ] : making meaningful places in old age / / Graham D. Rowles, Ph.D., Miriam Bernard, Ph.D., editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Springer, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.5/946
• Soggetto topico: Older people - Housing - Planning; Public spaces - Social aspects; Home - Social aspects; Aging - Social aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RowlesGraham D BernardMiriam
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; PART I: The Meaning of Place in Residential and Public Spaces; Chapter 1: The Meaning and Significance of Place in Old Age; Developments in Environmental Gerontology; Human Experience of the Environment; Environmental Experience in Old Age; Why Place is Important; References; Chapter 2: Social Interactions in Public Spaces and Places: A Conceptual Overview; Editors' Introduction; Defining Public Spaces and Places; The Spatiality of Aging; Understanding to Implement Change; From Knowledge to Ownership to Practice; Notes ; ReferencesPART II: Private Residences; Chapter 3: Creating and Sustaining Homelike Places in Residential Environments; Editors' Introduction; Toward an Integrative Theoretical Framework for Housing in Later Life; Housing and Healthy Aging in Very Old Age; From Knowledge to Practice; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 4: A Place of One's Own: Reinterpreting the Meaning of Home Among Childless Older Women; Editors' Introduction; Positioning; Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; PART III: Long-Term Care Environments ; Chapter 5: The Complex Process of Becoming At-Home in Assisted LivingEditors' Introduction; Three Vignettes; Home as Place; Place Transitions and Home; Place Processes; Place Integration; Assisted Living and Becoming At-Home; Extensions and Practical Applications; Conclusions: Learning, Growth, and the Future; References; Chapter 6: Transforming Long-Stay Care in Ireland; Editors' Introduction; Long-Term Care and the Concept of Home; Long-Stay Care in Ireland; Is Residential Care in Ireland Homelike?; Creating Homelike Environments in Long-Stay Care Settings; Conclusion; References ; Chapter 7: Developing a Physical Environmental Evaluation Component of the Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) ToolEditors' Introduction; Dementia Care Mapping; Frame work for a Physical Environment Evaluation Component for DCM; Using the Environmental Evaluation Tool: a Pilot Study; Applied Implications; Notes; References; PART IV: Public Spaces; Chapter 8: Mobility in Outdoor Environments in Old Age; Editors' Introduction; Concepts, Theory, and Methodology; Synthesis of Empirical Studies; Findings; From Knowledge to Practice; Concluding Remarks; References ; Chapter 9: Older People's Use of Unfamiliar SpaceEditors' Introduction; Unfamiliar Spaces-Familiar Places: Creating Meaning for Older People; Methodology; Creating Meaning in Unfamiliar Places; Key Implications for Design of Public Spaces; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 10: Intergenerational Pathways for Building Relational Spaces and Places; Editors' Introduction; Intergenerational Settings, Practice, and Perspective; Discussion; Notes; References; Chaper 11: Creating Homelike Places in a Purpose-Built Retirement Village in the United Kingdom; Editors' Introduction ; Environment and Aging
• Sommario/riassunto: The environments in which people live out their later lives have a strong impact on their identity and provide opportunities for nourishing social interactions. This volume translates the insights derived from contemporary research on residential environments and public spaces that enhance well-being into practical recommendations for the design of such beneficial community environments. The text is grounded in the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of current research on place attachment, environmental meaning, and community living in later life. Emphasis is placed on how to design resi
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental gerontology
• ISBN: 0-8261-0814-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463024003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II