Aging in Place: Knowing where You Are

Autor/in	Rosel, Natalie
Titel	Aging in Place: Knowing where You Are
Quelle	In: International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 57 (2003) 1, S.77-90 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-4150
Schlagwörter	Educational Gerontology; Aging (Individuals); Personal Narratives; Social Psychology; Social Development; Social Environment; Neighborhoods; Community Surveys; Family Environment; Indigenous Knowledge; Maine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geragogics; Geragogik; Aging; Altern; Erlebniserzählung; Sozialpsychologie; Soziale Entwicklung; Soziales Umfeld; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Familienmilieu
Abstract	Research on aging in place appropriately emphasizes the value of familiar surroundings. The current study contributes an exploration of elders' personal knowledge of where and with whom they are aging in place, knowledge actively accumulated from a lifetime spent in the same area. Structured conversations over a four-month period with 10 elders living on a peninsula in northern Maine provide richly detailed narratives of physical and social particulars of where they live. I use Rowles' (1978) image of concentric circles radiating out from home to organize the information gathered regarding each elder's dwelling, neighborhood and community. Most notable is the depth and detail of their personal knowledge of where they are and with whom they are growing old. I conclude that both the knowledge itself, and the sharing of that knowledge with others, contribute to the implicit and explicit support deemed so valuable for elders who age in place. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10