Retirement Communities

An American Original

Michael E Hunt, Allan G Feldt, Robert W Marans, Kathleen L Vakalo, Leon A Pastalan (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

294 Seiten

1984
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-86656-267-6 (ISBN)

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This informative book will enhance your uderstanding of the changing function and character of retirement communities, how they are planned and developed, how they evolve, and how they meet the needs of older people of various ages and circumstances. This useful resource can be used to study a specific retirement community and/or the similarities and differences among retirement communities.

This insightful book focuses on state-of-the-art retirement communities in the United States today. Experts from the fields of urban planning, architecture, and aging present in-depth profiles of a variety of retirement communities. The changing function and character of retirement communities--resulting from changes in supply and demand, alternate lifestyles, and other environmental needs of an ever-increasing aging population--are explored. The timely discussions in this useful resource offer insights into the relative strengths and weaknesses of various types of retirement communities with respect to the varying needs, abilities, and desires of older people.

Michael E Hunt, Allan G Feldt, Robert W. Marans, Kathleen L. Vakalo, leon A. Pastalan

Contents
Foreword

Introduction
The Retirement Community Phenomenon
Retirement New Towns
Retirement Villages
Retirement Subdivisions
Retirement Residences
Continuing Care Retirement Centers
Summary and Conclusions
References

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.1984
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 216 mm
Gewicht	700 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-86656-267-2 / 0866562672
ISBN-13	978-0-86656-267-6 / 9780866562676
Zustand	Neuware