Housing and home in later life /

Housing and home in later life /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Heywood, Frances.
Imprint:	Buckingham ; Phildelphia : Open University Press, 2002.
Description:	xi, 185 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Rethinking ageing series
Subject:	Aged -- Dwellings -- Great Britain. Aged -- Housing -- Great Britain. Aged -- Services for -- Great Britain. Home ownership -- Great Britain. Home ownership. Older people -- Dwellings. Older people -- Housing. Older people -- Services for. Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4865854

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Other authors / contributors:	Oldman, Christine. Means, Robin.
ISBN:	0335201709 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0335201695 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-180) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of boxes and tables
Series editor's preface
Acknowledgements
1. Housing and home in later life: an introduction
Part I. Reviewing the issues
2. Theories, assumptions and policies
3. The housing issues of old age: different perspectives
4. Housing, health and community care
Part II. Reporting empirical studies
5. To move or not to move: housing decisions in later life
6. Maintaining independence: repair, adaptations and design
7. Living in communal settings
8. Working together in the interests of older people?
9. Conclusions
References
Index