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ageing in place recognises the centrality of home for the wellbeing of the older person. In this concluding chapter, we consider whether there is value in our early hypothesis that there is a new stage in ageing, best described as a stage of supported independence. Our conclusions summarised here are that there is a strong tendency in the models of care and service delivery towards treating older people, and their families, as passive recipients. By using the rites of passage model, as we shall see, we highlight the movement through this status change, and the curtailment of the status leaving the individual in a situation of social exclusion or, as Turner (1968) would say, lacking communitas. We explore the potential for various models of in-home and community care to facilitate the independence and autonomy of older people and their families, and their reconnections to the wider society. Given the importance of reconnection for social inclusion, how is this to be achieved? That of course has been our key question.
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Hale, B., Barrett, P., Gauld, R. (2010). Reconnections—Supported Independence and Agency in Frailty. In: The Age of Supported Independence. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8814-7_8
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