New lifestyles in old age : health, identity and well-being in Berryhill Retirement Village /
This report explores what it is like to live and work in the new Berryhill Retirement Village in Stoke-on-Trent (developed by The ExtraCare Charitable Trust and Touchstone Housing Association), and shows that retirement housing does not have to be planned and developed solely with middle-class profe...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Bristol :
Policy Press
2004.
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| Online adgang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1t892nh |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- New lifestyles in old age; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; A day in the life of a retirement community resident; 1. Retirement communities: the context; 2. Developing a retirement community lifestyle: participation and involvement; 3. Health and well-being; 4. Growing older: age and identity; 5. Conclusions; References; Appendix A: Research questions; Appendix B: The study's timeline; Appendix C: Questionnaires; Appendix D: Interviews; Appendix E: Participation groups and community conferencing.