Elderly Residential Experience : The Evolution of Places As Residence Book

	Preface
I	Introduction	3
II	Retirement Communities: Concept and Study Source	7
	Retirement Communities	7
	Carolina Meadows: An "Equity Concept" Life-Care Retirement Community	10
	Carolina Meadows: Location, Description, and Development	11
III	Multi-Disciplinary Theoretical Perspectives	15
	Sense of Place and Geographic Experience	17
	Age-Environment Relationship Models	23
	Social Theories on Aging	28
IV	Data Collection and Methodology	33
	Gaining Access and Obtaining the Study Population	33
	Determining the Methodology	36
	Research Questions	37
	Data Collection and Analysis Methodology	38
	Flow Chart	42
V	Informants' Residential Experiences	43
	Steve	43
	David	52
	Beverly	59
	Mike	67
	Margaret	75
	Bill	84
	Ben and Kay	92
VI	Factors Influencing Informants' Feelings about Their Places of Residence	103
	Social and Cultural Environmental Factors	104
	Physical and Built Environmental Factors	108
	Health Related Factors	113
VII	Summary and Conclusion	115
	Factors Affecting Informants' Feelings About Past Residences	115
	Past Residential Experiences and Their Effect on Informants' Feelings About Their Current Place of Residence	116
	Meaning of Residence and Why Carolina Meadows	117
	App. List of Carolina Meadows Services	123
	App. Chapel Hill Area Map	125
	App. Carolina Meadows Map	127
	App. Carolina Meadows: Apartments and Villas	129
	App. Study Notice	131
	References	133
	Index	149