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$38.95

Stock #29241
(ISBN 978-1-932529-24-1)
288 pages
6" x 9" papercover
© 2009



Re-creating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging

Edited by Pauline S. Abbott, Ed.D., Nancy Carman, M.A., C.M.C., Jack Carman, F.A.S.L.A., and Bob Scarfo, Ph.D., M.L.A.
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Foreword
Robert Butler, M.D.

Foreword
Robert McNulty

Introduction
Bob Scarfo, Ph.D., M.L.A.

Section I

Section I Introduction: The World of Senior Living as We Know It
Bob Scarfo, Ph.D., M.L.A.

  1. A History of Long-Term Care in the United States
    Nancy Carman, M.A., C.M.C.

  2. Public Health and the Built Environment
    Pauline S. Abbott, Ed.D.

  3. Geographic Information Systems: Health and Aging as a Spatial Construct
    Kerry Brooks and Bob Scarfo, Ph.D., M.L.A.

  4. Nature-Related Contact for Healthy Communities: From Hunter Gatherer to Horticultural Therapy
    Angela Papas

Section II


Section II Introduction: Public-Community to Neighborhood Scale to Personal Environments
Bob Scarfo, Ph.D., M.L.A.

  1. Not Your Grandmother's Retirement Community
    Frank Mandy

  2. Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs): Thriving through Creative Retrofitting
    P. Annie Kirk, M.L.A., A.S.L.A.

  3. Co-housing/Shared Housing
    Laura J. Bauer

  4. Outdoor Environments Supportive of Independence and Aging Well
    Jack Carman, A.S.L.A., and Ed Fox

  5. Technology and Aging
    Emi Kiyota

Section III

Section III Introduction: Preparing for the Near and Distance Futures
Bob Scarfo, Ph.D., M.L.A.

  1. In Search of Collaboration
    Bob Scarfo, Ph.D., M.L.A.




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