Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Despite the continued attention on ageing in place on the one hand, and ageing well on the other, these concepts lack explicit integration. This article addresses this conceptual gap by reviewing existing literature on both ageing in place and ageing well, before integrating these terms using a Capability Approach to explore what it means to ‘age well in place’. The article presents an understanding of ageing well informed by Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach, where quality of life is determined by the extent that individuals can pursue and realise their most valued functionings, which often require an engagement with both people and places beyond the home. Drawing on health geographical understandings of the ways that health is shaped by place, this article argues for more person‐centred, place‐based and equitable policy responses that integrate ageing well and ageing in place to better support older people to thrive in their communities.
DOI: 10.1111/tesg.70013
Author: Hannah Grove
Institution: University of Oxford
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,730
Funder: Health Research Board
Award: G2976006356
OpenAlex ID: W4410602703