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Spaces for inquiry into the role of place for older people's care
Author(s) -
Cutchin Malcolm P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01280.x
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , section (typography) , older people , sociology , pragmatism , cover (algebra) , gerontology , psychology , epistemology , medicine , engineering , philosophy , computer science , programming language , mechanical engineering , advertising , business
In this paper, I expand the scope of the two preceding papers and suggest emerging opportunities and needs relevant to future inquiry about place and older people. I cover these in three sections. The first section suggests several topical areas for inquiry: stress and health, social epidemiology and healthy ageing. The second section focuses on theoretical developments that could be extended to further inform research on place and older people. I discuss the concepts of therapeutic landscapes and home as well as actor‐network theory and pragmatism. The last section briefly addresses methodological needs. I contend that while place is a complex object of inquiry, it is vital to older adults’ well‐being and offers many interesting and interdisciplinary avenues for important scholarly endeavour in nursing and related fields.