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BL
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Record Number
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1035702
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b790072
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Main Entry
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Peace, Sheila M.
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Title & Author
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Environment and identity in later life /\ by Sheila Peace, Caroline Holland and Leonie Kellaher.
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Publication Statement
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Maidenhead ;New York :: Open University Press,, 2006.
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Series Statement
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Growing older
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (182 pages) :: illustrations, map.
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ISBN
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0335215114
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: 0335215122
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: 0335227414
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: 1280947594
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: 9780335215119
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: 9780335215126
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: 9780335227419
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: 9781280947599
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0335215114
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0335215122
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Notes
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"Growing Older Programme; ESRC, Economic & Social Research Council"--Page 4 of cover.
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index.
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Contents
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Cover -- TOC36;Contents -- List of the figures and tables -- CH36;Chapter 1 Placing the self -- CH36;Chapter 2 Housing histories -- CH36;Chapter 3 Location44; location44; location -- CH36;Chapter 4 Thresholds -- CH36;Chapter 5 Homing In -- CH36;Chapter 6 Pacing the self -- CH36;Chapter 7 Living the layered environment -- CH36;Chapter 8 Environmental biography58; tracing the self -- References -- IDX36;Index -- Last Page.
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Abstract
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Throughout life, our everyday interactions with material, social, and psychological environments influence our self identity: and 'who we think we are' influences how we behave in particular places. In later life, people bring to this relationship a lifetime's experience that makes certain associations more or less important. This book explores the relationship between environment and identity for older people. In this detailed ethnographic study, older people talk in depth about their situations and experiences of space and place. The book examines the experience of men and women of different ages and cultures living in a range of different kinds of places, including 'ordinary' and 'special' housing - from a high-rise flat to a residential care home - in semi-rural, urban and metropolitan locations within the Midlands and south-east England. This research enables us to appreciate how older people manage their needs within the context of their whole lives. Many are able to achieve a 'life of quality' as they constantly engage and re-engage with their environment.; The discussion of how environmental complexity influences people in developing and maintaining their own identity is essential for those involved in planning, designing, caring and supporting people as they age. "Environment and Identity in Later Life" is key reading for students, practitioners and policy-makers interested in quality of life for older people.
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Subject
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Identity (Psychology) in old age.
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Older people-- Dwellings-- Great Britain.
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Older people-- Psychology.
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Identité chez la personne âgée.
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Personnes âgées-- Logement-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Personnes âgées-- Psychologie.
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Identity (Psychology) in old age.
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Older people-- Dwellings.
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Older people-- Psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Developmental-- Adulthood Aging.
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Psychology.
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SELF-HELP-- Aging.
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Social Sciences.
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Residence Characteristics-- England [MESH]
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Self Concept-- England [MESH]
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Aged-- psychology-- England [MESH]
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Great Britain.
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Dewey Classification
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155.67/182
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LC Classification
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BF724.85.H65P43 2006eb
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NLM classification
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2006 L-123
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BF 724.85.H65P355e 2006
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Added Entry
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Holland, Caroline.
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Kellaher, Leonie A.
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Added Entry
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ESRC Growing Older Programme.
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