The term ‘landscapes of care’ has increasingly taken hold in the lexicon of health geography.
As the complex social, embodied and organizational spatialities that emerge from and …

Emotions are an integral part of our daily lives, affecting who we are and how we react to the
people and places around us. This emotiospatial hermeneutic has particular resonance for …

While gardening is seen, essentially, as a leisure activity it has also been suggested that the
cultivation of a garden plot offers a simple way of harnessing the healing power of nature (…

Against a background of debate around global ageing and what this means in terms of the
future care need of older people, this book addresses key concerns about the nature and site …

Recent years have witnessed a welling-up of emotion within geography, a surge of interest
reminiscent of the fascination and exploration of embodiment that characterized much social …

Against a background of concerns about the ability of advanced capitalist states to meet the
welfare needs of their populations, the erosion of citizenship and declining social capital, …

Over the last two decades we have seen an increased interest in informal care within both
political and academic communities in the UK. This has stemmed in large part from an …

While contemporary social and political theory views voluntary activity as key to the promotion
of active citizenship, this paper argues that the connections between voluntary welfare …

In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in mental health problems amongst
young adults in the UK, prompting the British Government to seek to identify services and …

‘Telecare solutions’ are seen as a potential means of addressing the future care needs of
ageing societies in Western economies. The development of these remote care systems runs …