Spaces for inquiry into the role of place for older people's care

Author: Cutchin, Malcolm P.

Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 14, Supplement 2, September 2005 , pp. 121-129(9)

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Abstract:

cutchin m.p. (2005) International Journal of Older People Nursing in association with Journal of Clinical Nursing14, 8b, 121–129

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.

Keywords: activity; home; mixed methods; place; pragmatism; stress

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01280.x

Publication date: 2005-09-01