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EBOOK: Environment and Identity in Later Life by Sheila M Peace; Leonie A Kellaher; Caroline Holland; ESRC Growing Older Programme is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is EBOOK: Environment and Identity in Later Life about?

Throughout Life, Our Everyday Interactions With Material, Social, And Psychological Environments Influence Our Self Identity: And 'who We Think We Are' Influences How We Behave In Particular Places. In Later Life, People Bring To This Relationship A Lifetime's Experience That Makes Certain Associations More Or Less Important. This Book Explores The Relationship Between Environment And Identity For Older People. In This Detailed Ethnographic Study, Older People Talk In Depth About Their Situations And Experiences Of Space And Place. The Book Examines The Experience Of Men And Women Of Different Ages And Cultures Living In A Range Of Different Kinds Of Places, Including 'ordinary' And 'special' Housing - From A High-rise Flat To A Residential Care Home - In Semi-rural, Urban And Metropolitan Locations Within The Midlands And South-east England. This Research Enables Us To Appreciate How Older People Manage Their Needs Within The Context Of Their Whole Lives. Many Are Able To Achieve A 'life Of Quality' As They Constantly Engage And Re-engage With Their Environment. The Discussion Of How Environmental Complexity Influences People In Developing And Maintaining Their Own Identity Is Ess

Author

Sheila M Peace; Leonie A Kellaher; Caroline Holland; ESRC Growing Older Programme

Publisher

Open University Press [Imprint] McGraw-Hill Education McGraw-Hill Companies, The [Distributor

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780335215126

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Nursing