{"product_id":"inside-retirement-housing-sam-clark-9781447357629","title":"Inside Retirement Housing: Designing, Developing and Sustaining Later Lifestyles","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany developed nations face the challenge of accommodating a growing, ageing population and creating appropriate forms of housing suitable for older people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by an architect, this practice-led ethnography of retirement housing offers new perspectives on environmental gerontology. Through stories and visual vignettes, it presents a range of stakeholders involved in the design, construction, management and habitation of third-age housing in the UK, highlighting the importance of design decisions for the everyday lives of older people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on unique and interdisciplinary research methods, its fresh approach shows researchers how well-designed retirement housing can enable older people to successfully age in place for longer, and challenges designers, developers and providers to evolve their design practices and products.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1447357620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447357629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Sam Clark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44066254520575,"sku":"9781447357629","price":149.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_feb875b9-3113-4223-aa62-d869d8132ae9.jpg?v=1685406193","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inside-retirement-housing-sam-clark-9781447357629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}