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A city within a city: A “snapshot” of aging in a HUD 202 in Detroit, Michigan
- Source :
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Journal of Aging Studies . Aug2011, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p253-262. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Abstract: Because of a recent surge of aging in place literature, we know a considerable amount about how older adults wish to remain in long lived-in homes and communities. However, there are still gaps in our knowledge. What happens when older adults live in a community that does not support their everyday needs? This paper represents an initial attempt to explore how one group of poor, non-white, central city residents in Detroit, Michigan make sense of and organize a new age-segregated home. Findings presented in this article are based on 30 in depth and photographic elicitation interviews with African American, low-income, older adults living in one Housing and Urban Development 202 (HUD 202). Findings suggest that participants in this sample cultivated a new urban space within the facility to compensate for the deficiencies of a deteriorated inner-city neighborhood. I use these findings to encourage broader conceptualizations and consideration for the aging in place model to be more inclusive to the lived experiences of older adults who occupy oppressed places. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08904065
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Aging Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 61256336
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2011.03.011