Rural ageing : : A good place to grow old? / / ed. by Norah C Keating.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Bartlam, Bernadette,; Chapman, Sherry Ann,; Chappell, Neena L.,; Daly, Tamara,; Dobbs, Bonnie,; Dosman, Donna,; Eales, Jacquie,; Fast, Janet,; Gibbens, Michelle,; Gierveld, Jenny de Jong,; Grant, Gordon,; Kalache, Alexandre,; Keating, Norah,; Keefe, Janice,; Martin-Matthews, Anne,; Peace, Sheila,; Phillips, Judith,; Rozanova, Julia,; Scharf, Thomas,; Schroeder, Bonnie,; Sims-Gould, Joanie,; Strain, Laurel,; Wenger, G. Clare,
• HerausgeberIn: Keating, Norah C,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on contributors --; A critical human ecology perspective on rural ageing --; Crossing borders: lifecourse, rural ageing and disability --; Rurality and ageing well: ‘a long time here’ --; The evolution of networks of rural older adults --; Distance, privacy and independence: rural homecare --; Respite for rural and remote caregivers --; Ageing, disability and participation --; Participation in rural contexts: community matters --; Staying connected: issues of mobility of older rural adults --; Ageing and social exclusion in rural communities --; Age-friendly rural communities --; Revisiting rural ageing --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847424037; 9783111196213
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Norah C Keating.

This important book addresses a growing international interest in 'age-friendly' communities. It examines the conflicting stereotypes of rural communities as either idyllic and supportive or isolated and bereft of services. Providing detailed information on the characteristics of rural communities, contributors ask the question, 'good places for whom'? The book extends our understanding of the intersections of rural people and places across the adult lifecourse. Taking a critical human ecology perspective, authors trace lifecourse changes in community and voluntary engagement and in the availability of social support. They illustrate diversity among older adults in social inclusion and in the types of services that are essential to their well being. For the first time, detailed information is provided on characteristics of rural communities that make them supportive to different groups of older adults. Comparisons between the UK and North America highlight similarities in how landscapes create rural identities, and fundamental differences in how climate, distance and rural culture shape the everyday lives of older adults. Rural ageing is a valuable resource for students, academics and practitioners interested in communities, rural settings and ageing and the lifecourse. Rich in national profiles and grounded in the narratives of older adults, it provides theoretical, empirical and practical examples of growing old in rural communities never before presented.