Place Matters

Collaboration: When Place Matters

This article briefly analyses a collaborative effort which took place in October 2010, as families from the Mowanjum Aboriginal community in the Kimberley reconnected with their traditional lands with non-Indigenous support. For the non-Indigenous participants the journey included the challenge of crossing thresholds from the familiar into the Other, of following protocols, and of being invited...

Appalachia: Where Place Matters in Health

EDITORIAL Suggested citation for this article: Behringer B, Friedell GH. Appalachia: where place matters in health. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2006 Oct [date cited]. Facts about health in the mountains of Appalachia have been slow to emerge. The formation of the Appalachian Regional Commission in the 1960s led to increased efforts to combat known precursors to poor health (e.g., low incom...

The geographies of universities : exploring how place matters

Why Aging In Place Matters [for Entrance Fee CCRCs]

Why Aging In Place Matters By Ryan Frederick EXECUTIVE SUMMARY “Aging in place” is becoming THE defining phenomenon both inside and outside of Seniors Housing. Aging in place refers to the desire of seniors to stay in a particular residential setting as long as possible, even as health care needs increase. Aging in place at one’s home, while already a stated preference among the vast majority...

Spirituality matters: creating a time and place for hope.

Individuals with serious psychiatric disabilities may become demoralized or hopeless consequent to longstanding disability and stigma. Potential antidotes are social support from the religious community and use of personal spiritual resources as coping mechanisms. The "Spirituality Matters Group" offers comfort and hope through structured and innovative exercises focusing on spiritual beliefs a...