Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword: Passion for Living
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Loose Ends
- Chapter 3 Promises
- Chapter 4 Opening New Routes
- Chapter 5 Methodology
- Chapter 6 Sociogenesis
- Chapter 7 Microgenesis
- Chapter 8 Ontogenesis
- Chapter 9 A Dialogic Understanding of Social and Psychological Change
- Chapter 10 An Integrative Approach to Human Development
- Chapter 11 Contributing to Environmental Gerontology
- Chapter 12 Fostering Ageing in Place
- Chapter 13 On Dialogical Case Studies
- References
- Index
Chapter 12 - Fostering Ageing in Place
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 April 2026
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword: Passion for Living
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Loose Ends
- Chapter 3 Promises
- Chapter 4 Opening New Routes
- Chapter 5 Methodology
- Chapter 6 Sociogenesis
- Chapter 7 Microgenesis
- Chapter 8 Ontogenesis
- Chapter 9 A Dialogic Understanding of Social and Psychological Change
- Chapter 10 An Integrative Approach to Human Development
- Chapter 11 Contributing to Environmental Gerontology
- Chapter 12 Fostering Ageing in Place
- Chapter 13 On Dialogical Case Studies
- References
- Index
Summary
Avoiding the normative language of ’successful’ or ’positive’ ageing, this book suggests that the quality of life of older persons is related to whether they can pursue their engagements, maintain the social relationships they find suitable and find a satisfying evolution of their dynamic patterns while supporting an orientation to the future. This chapter suggests that a changing landscape of care is likely to constitute a landscape of affordances for older persons, from which they can draw resources to support their development. It then reflects on the issues of moving house as part of the dynamics of ageing in place; moving may actually be part of developmental dynamics. This leads to the question of the right place to age and the timing of moving. The chapter further highlights the many shapes that living in place can take; finally, the chapter concludes with a series of recommendations.
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- Developing in Older AgeAn Integrative View, pp. 215 - 224Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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