Abstract Purpose of the Study: The effects of the physical–spatial–technical environment on
aging well have been overlooked both conceptually and empirically. In the spirit of M. Powell …

Aging and Milieu: Environmental Perspectives on Growing Old is a collection of essays that
presents insight into the area of aging-environment research. The book focuses primarily on …

Over the past four decades the environmental context of aging has come to play an
important role in gerontological theory, research, and practice. Environmental gerontology …

Aging occurs in context. Addressing the role of context for the course and direction of aging
processes has become an essential element of lifecourse or lifespan perspectives in social …

This article considers developments and directions for environmental gerontology drawing
on the three papers in this Forum. The multidisciplinary field came of age during the 1960s …

This article presents an emergent heuristic framework for the core environmental
gerontology concept of “place.” Place has been a central concern in the field since the …

Although there are many social and cultural theories about aging, one set of eco-
environmental perspectives that we will address is particularly manifest in theories of person …

Architects, environmental designers, occupational therapists, and human service
professionals are variously engaged in efforts to create settings for older persons that better …

During the 1970s, American gerontologist M. Powell Lawton and colleagues saw the person–
environment system as fundamental to defining the quality of later life. They proposed the …

CAN OLD people be changed by altering the environments in which they live, or have
responses become rigid with time? Are their dissatisfactions responsive to present reality or …