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Residential complexes in Queensland, Australia — a space of segregation and ageism?
Author(s)	Maree Petersen, Jeni Warburton
Journal title	Ageing and Society, vol 32, part 1, January 2012
Pages	pp 60-84
Source	http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso
Keywords	Physical environment ; Accommodation [elderly] ; Ageism ; Australia.
Annotation	Large residential complexes comprising retirement villages and care facilities have become synonymous with specialised housing for older people. This paper explores the geographies of residential complexes in Queensland, Australia. The paper outlines how the professional knowledge of designers, planners and policy makers shape and frame the place of older people in contemporary society. The authors suggest that professional knowledge is characterised by contradictions, and that business interests sustain stereotypes of older people as either ageless or dependent. Furthermore, spaces designed for older people reinforce historical legacies of separation from the community. This form of built environment can thus be seen as both a cause and effect of ageism. The authors conclude that the lack of attention by gerontology to these spaces has hampered discussion of alternatives for older people's housing in Australia and the subsequent development of urban and social planning. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-120326002 A
Classmark	R: K: B:TOB: 7YA
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