Aging in Place

Aging in Place
ISBN-10
1351853627
ISBN-13
9781351853620
Series
Aging in Place
Category
Psychology
Pages
142
Language
English
Published
2019-04-17
Publisher
Routledge
Author
James J Callahan Jr

Description

"Aging in place" is among the newer terms to be included along with "senior citizen," "golden agers," and others in the lexicon of gerontology. Since aging is a lifelong process and each of us occupies three-dimensional space, we are, of course, always aging in place, but two factors have caused aging in place to emerge as a salient concern for gerontological policy makers. The first is the explosive growth of homeownership after World War II, the other is the perception that thousands of older people have been flowing into nursing homes unnecessarily when they can and should remain in their own home or apartment.

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