The Influence of neighborhood and community on well-being and identity in later life: an English perspective

Peace, Sheila; Holland, Caroline and Kellaher, Leonie (2005). The Influence of neighborhood and community on well-being and identity in later life: an English perspective. In: Rowles, Graham D. and Chaudhury, Habib eds. Home and identity in late life: International perspectives. New York, USA: Springer Publishing Company, pp. 297–315.

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Abstract

Leading scholars, offering international and multidisciplinary viewpoints, examine the meaning of home to elders and the ways in which this meaning may be sustained, threatened, or modified according to changes associated with growing old.

Organised into four sections: The Essence of Home; Disruptions of Home; creating and Recreating Home; Community Perspectives on the Meaning of Home, this volume explores topics including:
What makes a house a home?
What role does the meaning of home play in the process of relocation to another place of residence?
What is the relationship between a person's home life and cherished possessions such as symbolic jewelry, religious items, in late life?
How does the community/neighbourhood influenbce the way that older people feel about the palces in which they live?

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  • Item ORO ID
  • 4765
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  • Book Section
  • ISBN
  • 0-8261-2715-0, 978-0-8261-2715-0
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  • Part V: Community Perspective on the Meaning of Home

    Chapter 14. The Influence of Neighborhood and Community on Well Being and Identity in Later Life: An English Perspective, S. Peace, C. Holland, and L. Kellaher
  • Keywords
  • Housing; accommodation; care; house; home; neihgbourhood; community; ageing; environment; residence
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  • Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
  • Depositing User
  • Sheila Peace
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