Re-creating neighborhoods for successful aging
By: edited by Pauline S. Abbott ... [et al.].
Contributors: Abbott, Pauline S.
Publisher: Health Professions Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781932529241
Subjects: Aging -- Social aspects -- United States; Older people -- Housing -- United States; Neighborhood planning -- United States; Housing for the Elderly; Aged; Community Health Planning; Environment Design
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A history of long-term care in the United States / Nancy Carman; title: Public health and the built environment / Pauline Abbott; title: Geographic information systems : health and aging as a spatial construct / Kerry R. Brooks and Bob Scarfo; title: Nature-related contact for healthy communities : from hunter/gatherer to horticultural therapy / Angela C. Pappas; title: The evolution of continuing care retirement communities : not your grandmother's retirement community / Frank R. Mandy; title: Naturally occurring retirement communities : thriving through creative retrofitting / P. Annie Kirk; title: Cohousing and shared housing / Laura Bauer Granberry; title: Outdoor environments supportive of independence and aging well / Jack Carman and Edward Fox; title: Technology and aging : adapting homes and shopping environments with assistive technologies / Emi Kiyota; title: Collaboration as the key to the successful future of aging / Bob Scarfo.