This event took place on 9th March 2009
Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
3.30pm Tea/Coffee on Berrill Foyer
The types of environment in which people live their lives form the context for continuing or maintaining activity, social interaction and developing personal identity. In relation to human ageing, the concept of ‘environment’ is therefore complex having physical, social and psychological dimensions and such ecological systems may be seen as global, local or personal or macro, meso or micro. Professor Peace will look briefly at the theoretical development within environmental gerontology before using her own personal and research experience to focus on person-environment fit in later life at the level of community, neighbourhood and accommodation (often equated with home). Questions will be raised concerning the value of ageing in place and the impact of age-segregated environments on the social inclusion of people within an ageing population.
3.30pm Tea/Coffee on Berrill Foyer
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