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Introduction : theorizing and practicing age-friendly development / Philip B. Stafford -- Creating age-friendly communities in urban environments : research issues and policy recommendations / Tine Buffel and Chris Phillipson -- Training advocates to undertake livable community initiatives : a pilot program / Sharon A. Baggett -- Public places, community, and the physical and mental health of children and elders / Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard -- The intersection between sustainable and age-friendly development / Alan DeLaTorre -- Accessibility, participation, networking : the impact of a local network on the environment and the life relationship of older people / Birgit Wolter -- Assessing the aging-friendliness of two New York City neighborhoods : a case study / Mia R. Oberlink and Barbara S. Davis -- Communities for all ages : reinforcing and re-imagining the social compact / Corita Brown and Nancy Henkin -- Ibasho Cafe : giving elders a role to play in making communities more resilient / Emi Kiyota -- Youth and older persons as agents for change : creating an inclusive and age-friendly society for all / Kristin Bodiford, Arthur Namara, and Luke Nchichupa -- Retrofitting small towns : how aging-in-place could transform rural America / Zachary Benedict -- Creating an age-friendly community in a depopulated town in Japan : a search for resilient ways to cherish new commons as local cultural resources -- Nanami suzuki -- Relational well-being and age-friendly cities / Marian Barnes

Elderburbia: Aging with a Sense of Place in America argues that aging is not about time and the body, but about place and relationships. Drawing on the fascinating, multidisciplinary field of ethnography, it gives readers a deeper understanding of how the aging experience is shaped by where people call home, as well as a look at what makes a place well-suited for post-retirement living. ||Elderburbia combines cutting-edge scholarship with practical advice. The book provides an introduction to pivotal research on the broad subject of aging and place, including studies of migration and relocatio

This chapter provides a detailed description of a three‐week summer residential field school conducted in Bloomington, Indiana, in 2000 and 2001. Following a model developed by David A. Taylor of the American Folklife Center, the school provided instruction and hands‐on experience to students interested in learning methods of cultural fieldwork including interviewing, photography and participant‐observation. Additionally, students learned methods of documentation including archiving and exhibition through radio, video, and other public displays. Each field school was organized around a salient local theme: the public square, in year 1 and community and disability, in year 2.This chapter summarizes the multiple practical challenges that students and instructors face in conducting a successful fieldwork school, with reference to transportation, supervision, field ethics, meals, residential accommodations, equipment, teamwork, and exiting the field.

Focusing on contemporary ideas about how aged care is provided, this book poses the question: How can people who are aged and frail live out the final phase of their lives with dignity? In seeking answers, the author examines what it means to be 'at home' in residential care in a novel and compassionate way. In an ethnographic study of how elderly residents can be given the right care, this book provides a new route into the bodily realities of ageing. It is a vital contribution to the search for alternative approaches to aged care provision