Housing Decisions in Later Life / by M. Leamy, V. Miller, L. Bright ; edited by R. Clough.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clough, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Aging.

Social service.

Welfare state.

Sociology.

Social Policy.

Ageing.

Social Work.

Welfare.

Social Care.

Local Subjects:

Social Policy.

Ageing.

Social Work.

Welfare.

Social Care.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the processes by which older people make housing decisions and the impact such decisions have on the construction of their lives. Evidence is included from a major three-year research study, where older people told stories of their lives. The authors argue that housing decisions are not necessarily the result of rational, analytical and objective thinking. The contribution of other ways of decision-making is often hidden, as when people think intuitively, act impulsively, or for essentially emotional reasons.

Contents:

Cover

Housing Decisions in Later Life

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Houses and People: The Construction of Living Arrangements

2 Telling Older People's Housing Stories

3 Housing Decisions in Later Life

4 Understanding Housing Decisions

5 Attachments to Home

6 Worried Lives

7 The 'looking glass self'

8 Preferences in Living Arrangements

9 Theory, Policy and Practice

Appendix 1: Interview Schedule

Appendix 2: Questionn

Appendix 3: Suggested 'Letter to the Editor' to Ask for Written Housing Stories

Appendix 4: Written Housing Stories Press Release

Notes

References

Author Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-247) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610282845

9781280282843

1280282843

9780230005938

0230005934