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| Safe passage of goods and self during residential relocation in later life | | Author(s) | David J Ekerdt, Mark Luborsky, Catherine Lysack |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 32 part 5, July 2012 |
| Pages | pp 833-850 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Legacies ; Housing [elderly] ; Independent housing ; Admission [care homes] ; Attitude ; Self esteem. |
| Annotation | Older people tend to accentuate their prizing of things and their use of special dispositions to achieve the protection or 'safe passage' of things as they transfer to a new owner. Such efforts on behalf of possessions may also be undertaken to perpetuate the self. This study investigated older people's repertoire of disposition strategies during episodes of house downsizing. Participants included 75 households in the mid-western United States. People told stories about the safe passage of cherished possessions - their initiative to place things, appreciation by new owners, and attempts to project the values or memory of the giver. Large quantities of items were passed via non-specific offers of possessions to others who may volunteer to take them. This allowed people to express satisfaction that their possessions had found appreciative owners. Whole-house downsizing may affirm the self in another way, as conscientious about the care of things. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120727006 A |
| Classmark | DB: QE7: KE: KL: KW:QKH: DP: DPA |
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