This important book addresses a growing international interest in'age-friendly'communities.
It examines the conflicting stereotypes of rural communities as either idyllic and supportive …

Ageing in rural places and the variety of issues facing older people who live in rural
communities are long-standing topics of interest in social gerontology. Indeed, a number of …

The purpose of this chapter is to establish and describe the critical human ecology lens that
challenges assumptions about growing older in rural areas. This lens is an essential …

Informed by a critical turn underway in rural gerontology, this article explores how the
intersection of global and local trends relating to population aging and rural change create …

Much concern has been expressed about the demographic changes that are the hallmark of
population ageing. Projections of rapidly increasing numbers of older adults have led to a …

This book investigates sociological, demographic and geographic aspects of aging in rural
and nonmetropolitan areas of the United States. Population aging is one of the most …

Commentaries on rural population ageing have invariably noted implications for the
provision of targeted housing and services for the elderly (Joseph and Fuller, 1991) and for …

This collection of 13 papers focuses on the lives of older adults in rural areas of the UK,
Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, and Europe. The issue of aging is …

Despite the recent proliferation of literature on the aged in rural society, considerable
ambiguity remains concerning the appropriate conceptualization of rurality as a potential …

This paper examines rural population ageing in the United States with a particular focus on
the contrasting contexts in which older rural residents live. We compare the characteristics of …