1st Edition
There's No Place Like Home: Place and Care in an Ageing Society
By Christine Milligan
Copyright 2009
188 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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Against a background of debate around global ageing and what this means in terms of the future care need of older people, this book addresses key concerns about the nature and site of care and care-giving. Following a critical review of research into who cares, where and how, it uses geographical perspectives to present a comprehensive analysis of how the intersection of informal care-giving... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Conceptualising the complex landscapes of care; Who cares? People, place and gender; Mapping the contours of care - international and transnational perspectives; Care and home; The impact of new care technologies on home and care; Care and community?; Care and transition - from community to residential care; Emotion and the socio-spatial mediation of care; Reconfiguring the landscape of care: porosity, integration and extitution; Concluding commentary; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Christine Milligan is Professor of Health and Social Geography at Lancaster University, UK
'This book fills a significant gap in the literature on health and social care in today's ageing societies. In an engaging overview, from a health geography perspective, it emphasises the importance of varying settings for care, changing societies and technologies and the roles of informal as well as formal carers.' Sarah Curtis, Durham University, UK '...a timely and valuable contribution to emerging work in the geography of care and care-giving... This book will be of interest to students and researchers working in the health and social sciences.' The Journal of Ageing and Society
