Spaces for inquiry into the role of place for older people's care.
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.
Cutchin
Malcolm P
MP
Department of Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7120, USA. mcutchin@med.unc.edu
D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005843:Geography; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010550:Personal Space; D012107:Research Design; D012931:Social Environment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology