There's no place like home
Subtitle: place and care in an ageing society
By: Christine Milligan.
Series: Geographies of health; Ashgate's geographies of health series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farnham, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780754674238; 9780754690481
Subjects: Social work with older people; Older people -- Care
Description: "Against a background of debate around global ageing and what this means in terms of the future care need of older people, this book addresses key concerns about the nature and site of care and care-giving. Following a critical review of research into who cares, where and how, it uses geographical perspectives to present a comprehensive analysis of how the intersection of informal care-giving within domestic, community and residential care homes can create complex landscapes and organisational spatialities of care."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Conceptualising the complex landscapes of care; title: Who cares? : people, place and gender; title: Mapping the contours of care : international and transnational perspectives; title: Care and home; title: The impact of new care technologies on home and care; title: Care and community?; title: Care and transition : from community to residential care; title: Emotion and the socio-spatial mediation of care; title: Reconfiguring the landscape of care : porosity, integration and extitution; title: Concluding commentary.