The COVID-19 global pandemic amplified the opportunities and challenges associated with aging, especially regarding the places in which people grow old. This book re-examines the relationship between older adults and place across the UK and the US.
Part 1: Defining and Redefining Place;
Introduction: Critically Defining, Reframing, and Measuring Place;
Theories and Models of Place: Past and Present, including Person-Place Fit
and Place Attachment;
Part 2: Traditional Place Markers Seen in a New Way;
Place in Relationship to Primary or Basic Needs/Necessities;
Community-based Services and Resources;
Neighbourhood Changes and Moving;
Part 3: Place Identity and Place Attachment;
Place Identity and Place Attachment;
Community Feeling and Feeling Valued in the Community;
Part 4: New Directions and Intersectional Place;
New Place Models and Future Place Directions;
Conclusion.
Joyce Weil is Associate Professor for the Gerontology Program at the University of Northern Colorado, US.
