Journal
JOURNAL OF AGING STUDIES
Volume 54, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2020.100870
Keywords
Aging in place; Community; Place attachment; Longitudinal; Neighborhood
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- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the Secondary Data Analysis Initiative [ES/P010040/1]
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) [ES/N002180/1]
- ESRC [ES/P010040/1, ES/N002180/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Aging in place policies have been adopted internationally as a response to population aging. The approach historically referred to the goal of helping people to remain in their own homes so that they can retain connections with friends and family in their community. However, the places in which people grow old are often hostile and challenging, presenting potential barriers to the policy ideal of aging in place. This may be especially the case in cities characterized by rapid population turnover and redevelopment of buildings through urban regeneration. Yet, to date, there has been limited research focusing on the places of aging, and how these affect the experience of aging in place over time. This paper addresses this gap by presenting four in-depth case-studies from a qualitative longitudinal study of older people living in neighborhoods characterized by high levels of deprivation and rapid population change. The analysis illustrates how aging in place is affected by changing life-course circumstances and the dynamics of these neighborhoods over time. The conclusion suggests that further attention must be given to the changing dynamics of the places where people grow older. It also makes policy suggestions for how aging in place could be supported, taking account of the needs of people as they grow older as well as changes in the communities in which they live. The paper extends theoretical understanding of the interrelationship between aging in place and the places of aging, revealing how these processes change over time.
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