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Ageing as well as you can in place: Applying a geographical lens to the capability approach

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Despite policy commitments to support ageing in place, we know very little about the everyday realities and experiences of older people living in different environmental circumstances, with varying personal capabilities. This paper: 1) examines the valued place-based functionings of older people through the use of geo-spatial and in-situ methods, where functionings are defined as states of being and doing, and place-based functionings are defined as places, activities, interactions, routes, and routines that support these beings and doings; and 2) demonstrates the utility of a capability approach by amalgamating the interconnected concepts ‘ageing in place’ and ‘ageing well’.

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  • Grove, Hannah, 2021. "Ageing as well as you can in place: Applying a geographical lens to the capability approach," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 288(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:288:y:2021:i:c:s0277953620307449
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113525
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