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Resisting institutionalization
 — constructing old age and negotiating home
Author(s)Pia C Kontos
Journal titleJournal of Aging Studies, vol 12, no 2, Summer 1998
Pagespp 167-184
KeywordsLiving patterns ; Grouped housing ; Sheltered housing ; Independence ; Attitude ; Longitudinal surveys ; Canada.
AnnotationThe author explores how biology, culture and the physical and social environment mutually inform the experience of old age. Findings drawn from a 12-month ethnographic study of a Canadian supportive housing building show that home space provides the material resources necessary for older tenants to maintain their independence, sustain a meaningful existence, and resist institutionalisation. Conclusions confirm that engagement between place, culture and health deterioration is more complex than suggested by conventional models based on biological, cultural or geographical causality. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-990126207 A
ClassmarkK7: KLH: KLA: C3: DP: 3J: 7S

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