Part 1: The Retirement Move 1. From Inland Spas to seaside Resorts 2. The Scale of the Movement to the Coast 3. Who are the Movers? 4. The Movers’ Homes in the Cities and Suburbs 5. The Move Itself: Motives and Choices Part 2: Life in the Seaside Resorts 6. The Retired Population of Bexhill and Clacton 7. Family Life and Friends 8. In Case of Emergency 9. Leisure 10. The Financial Position of Retired People 11. The Present Retirement Home 12. Moving From One Retirement Home to Another 13. Satisfaction With the Retirement Move Part 3: Some Policy Implications of Retirement Migration 14. Hospital Facilities in the Retirement Areas 15. Housing and Residential Homes: Public Versus Private Provision 16. Community Health and Domiciliary Services 17. Paying for Services for the Elderly 18: Retirement to the Seaside: Success or Failure?
Biography
Valerie A. Karn
Original Review of Retiring to the Seaside:
‘This is one of the classics of early British housing research. Based on an interview survey of households in Clacton and Bexhill, two English seaside resorts, the book neatly encapsulates Valerie’s genius for empirical research on socially relevant housing issues.’ Jim Kemeny, Obituary of Valerie Karn, Housing, Theory and Society, 15:4 (1999).
