Aging Independently Living Arrangements and Mobility

This volume is based on the conference "Aging in the Community: Living Arrangements and Mobility," organized by the German Centre for Research on Ageing at the University of Heidelberg in Cooperation with the Pennsylvannia State University. It explores the similarities and differences of living arrangements and outdoor mobility in both cultures and the impact on older persons' role in community life and sustainable community developement. Considering the future of the aging theoretically from an environmental gerontology perspective and practically in terms of available technology, the central tenet of this volume is that future "indoor" and "outdoor" environments will become much more intertwined than this is the case today. Merging the concerns of living arrangements and mobility, this volume leads us to a new understanding of distance and nearness even in the presence, for example, of severe chronic illness.Schaie, K. Warner is the author of 'Aging Independently Living Arrangements and Mobility' with ISBN 9780826118547 and ISBN 0826118542.