The age-friendly community movement is a global phenomenon, currently growing with the support of the WHO and multiple international and national organizations in the field of aging. Drawing on an extensive collection of international case studies, this volume provides an introduction to the movement. The contributors - both researchers and practitioners - touch on a number of current tensions and issues in the movement and offer a wide-ranging set of recommendations for advancing age-friendly community development. The book concludes with a call for a radical transformation of a medical and…mehr
The age-friendly community movement is a global phenomenon, currently growing with the support of the WHO and multiple international and national organizations in the field of aging. Drawing on an extensive collection of international case studies, this volume provides an introduction to the movement. The contributors - both researchers and practitioners - touch on a number of current tensions and issues in the movement and offer a wide-ranging set of recommendations for advancing age-friendly community development. The book concludes with a call for a radical transformation of a medical and lifestyle model of aging into a relational model of health and social/individual wellbeing.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Philip B. Stafford is Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University in Bloomington, and was Director of the Indiana University Center on Aging and Community until 2017. His research, primarily ethnographic and participatory, has focused on aging and sense of place. He has received the Blackburn award from the Indiana chapter of the AIA for contributions to architecture by a non-architect and is a member of the board of the American Society on Aging.
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List of Illustrations and Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Theorizing and Practicing Age-friendly Development Philip B. Stafford PART I: EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY Chapter 1. Creating Age-friendly Communities in Urban Environments: Research Issues and Policy Recommendations Tine Buffel and Chris Phillipson Chapter 2. Training Advocates to Undertake Livable Community Initiatives: A Pilot Program Sharon A. Baggett Chapter 3. Public Places, Community, and the Physical and Mental Health of Children and Elders Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Chapter 4. The Intersection between Sustainable and Age-friendly Development Alan DeLaTorre PART II: AGE-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS Chapter 5. Accessibility, Participation, Networking: The Impact of a Local Network on the Environment and the Life Relationship of Older People Birgit Wolter Chapter 6. Assessing the Aging-Friendliness of Two New York City Neighborhoods: A Case Study Mia R. Oberlink and Barbara S. Davis PART III: COLLABORATION ACROSS GENERATIONS Chapter 7. Communities for All Ages: Reinforcing and Reimagining the Social Compact Corita Brown and Nancy Henkin Chapter 8. Ibasho Café: Giving Elders a Role to Play in Making Communities More Resilient Emi Kiyota Chapter 9. Youth and Older Persons as Agents for Change: Creating an Inclusive and Age-Friendly Society for All Arthur Namara and Kristin Bodiford PART IV: RURAL AGING Chapter 10. Retrofitting Small Towns: How Aging in Place Could Transform Rural America Zachary Benedict Chapter 11. Creating an Age-Friendly Community in a Depopulated Town in Japan: A Search for Resilient Ways to Cherish New Commons as Local Cultural Resources Nanami Suzuki PART V: BEING WELL ENOUGH IN OLD AGE Chapter 12. Relational Well-Being and Age-Friendly Cities Marian Barnes Index
List of Illustrations and Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Theorizing and Practicing Age-friendly Development Philip B. Stafford PART I: EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY Chapter 1. Creating Age-friendly Communities in Urban Environments: Research Issues and Policy Recommendations Tine Buffel and Chris Phillipson Chapter 2. Training Advocates to Undertake Livable Community Initiatives: A Pilot Program Sharon A. Baggett Chapter 3. Public Places, Community, and the Physical and Mental Health of Children and Elders Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Chapter 4. The Intersection between Sustainable and Age-friendly Development Alan DeLaTorre PART II: AGE-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS Chapter 5. Accessibility, Participation, Networking: The Impact of a Local Network on the Environment and the Life Relationship of Older People Birgit Wolter Chapter 6. Assessing the Aging-Friendliness of Two New York City Neighborhoods: A Case Study Mia R. Oberlink and Barbara S. Davis PART III: COLLABORATION ACROSS GENERATIONS Chapter 7. Communities for All Ages: Reinforcing and Reimagining the Social Compact Corita Brown and Nancy Henkin Chapter 8. Ibasho Café: Giving Elders a Role to Play in Making Communities More Resilient Emi Kiyota Chapter 9. Youth and Older Persons as Agents for Change: Creating an Inclusive and Age-Friendly Society for All Arthur Namara and Kristin Bodiford PART IV: RURAL AGING Chapter 10. Retrofitting Small Towns: How Aging in Place Could Transform Rural America Zachary Benedict Chapter 11. Creating an Age-Friendly Community in a Depopulated Town in Japan: A Search for Resilient Ways to Cherish New Commons as Local Cultural Resources Nanami Suzuki PART V: BEING WELL ENOUGH IN OLD AGE Chapter 12. Relational Well-Being and Age-Friendly Cities Marian Barnes Index
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