Ageing in Place Over Time

The Making and Unmaking of Home

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ID2392260
AuthorsRichard Webber (0000-0001-6584-0527, Loughborough University, corresponding author), Ruth Webber (Loughborough University), Vanessa May (0000-0003-1547-9352, University of Manchester), C Lewis (0000-0001-8137-4802, Newcastle University)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue3
Pages759-774
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13607804221089351
OpenAlexW4281487644
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited43

Ageing in place' is a key component of UK policy, aimed at supporting older people to remain living in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. Although wide-ranging, the scholarly literature in this field has not sufficiently examined the interconnections between ageing in place and the changing experience of 'home' over time. This article addresses this gap in a novel way by bringing together qualitative secondary analysis of longitudinal data with critical literature on 'home' and Mason's cutting-edge concept of 'affinities' to understand the multi-dimensionality of home in relation to ageing in place. The article makes significant methodological, empirical, and theoretical contributions to the field of scholarship on home, by demonstrating how homes are made and unmade over time. Discussions of home emerged organically in the longitudinal data that focused on people's travel and transport use, allowing our qualitative secondary analysis approach to look anew at how experiences of home are dynamically shaped by people's potent connections inside and outside the dwelling. Presenting an empirical analysis of four case studies, the article suggests that future discussions in the field of ageing in place should pay closer attention to the factors that shape experiences of the un/making of home over time, such as how deteriorating physical and mental health can shape how people experience their dwelling and neighbourhood as well as their relationships across these settings

Empirical research · Epistemology · Political science · Qualitative research · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Gerontology

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