European Spatial Research and Policy
Volume 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-94

Places that matter: Place attachment and wellbeing of older antillean migrants in the netherlands (Article) (Open Access)

Lager D.* , Van Hoven B. , Meijering L.
  • a Department of Cultural Geography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700AV Groningen, Netherlands
  • b Department of Cultural Geography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700AV Groningen, Netherlands
  • c Department of Cultural Geography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700AV Groningen, Netherlands

Abstract

It has been argued that attachment to place increases wellbeing in old age (Wiles et al., 2009). Feeling 'in place' can increase an older person's wellbeing. For older migrants it can be a challenge to live in-between cultures. The objective of the article is to explore how older Antillean migrants derive a sense of wellbeing from attachment to their everyday places. We do so by drawing on in-depth interviews and a photography project with Antilleans who live in a senior cohousing community in a city in the Northern Netherlands. Based on the study, we conclude that the cohousing community acted as a central setting of experience from which the participants explored their wider surroundings and developed new attachments in the neighbourhood.

Author Keywords

place attachment Ageing wellbeing The Netherlands Antillean migrants senior cohousing community

Index Keywords

social housing Netherlands elderly population migrants experience welfare provision neighborhood aging population
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84864493243&doi=10.2478%2fv10105-012-0007-6&partnerID=40&md5=90130134f7cd340c0c0913744429084f
DOI: 10.2478/v10105-012-0007-6
ISSN: 12311952
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English