Everyday Life Mobilities of Older Persons – A Case Study of Ageing in a Suburban Landscape in Sweden

Stjernborg, Vanessa; Wretstrand, Anders; Tesfahuney, Mekonnen

doi:10.1080/17450101.2013.874836

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“…Second, the very ability to process information, understanding its contents and putting it into use, may change according to different cognitive and literacy skills. The ability to make use of information is a dynamic skill, which could be acquired, adapted or lost over one's life (Banister & Bowling, 2004;Goodman et al, 2014;Stjernborg, Wretstrand, & Tesfahuney, 2014), and the loss of such ability is a problem especially for ageing populations (Nordbakke, 2013;Ryan et al, 2015). A partial response in this sense are the employment of universal design in apps and the development of devoted apps for people with disabilities (Gebresselassie & Sanchez, 2018).…”

Section: Varied Forms Of Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“May the Force move you”: Roles and actors of information sharing devices in urban mobility

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Tricarico²

2019

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Section: Varied Forms Of Informationmentioning

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“May the Force move you”: Roles and actors of information sharing devices in urban mobility

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2019

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“…A particularly privileged site of observation are those “places of in‐between‐ness” or “transfer points” (Kesselring, ), such as airport terminals. Time–space diaries are a further means to record respondents' mobility and their different enactments in different locations over a certain period (Stjernborg, Wretstrand, & Tesfahuney, ). Moving beyond physical mobilities, imaginative and virtual mobilities can be studied by using online resources and multimedia methods (Sheller & Urry, ).…”

Section: The New Mobilities Paradigm: What Place For Older Migrants?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When older people have been considered it is as "left-behind" kin and their relationships with more mobile younger relatives (Reynolds, 2011;Vathi & King, 2011). However, in recent years, a new interest in older people's mobilities has emerged, focusing particularly on the role of mobility in facilitating well-being in later life (Nordbakke & Schwanen, 2014;Stjernborg et al, 2015).…”

Section: The New Mobilities Paradigm: What Place For Older Migrants?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Older migrants and (im)mobilities of Ageing: An introduction

Ciobanu

Hunter

2017

Population Space and Place

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This guest editorial introduces a special issue entitled “Older migrants: (im)mobilities of ageing.” The movement of people is a core concern of population geographers, and the last decade has witnessed a “mobilities turn.” This literature has given much attention to younger people who move, but thus far has largely ignored people who migrate in later life, or whose previous migrations significantly shape their present experiences of ageing. The articles in this special issue address this lacuna, drawing on different categories of older international migrants to and from various European countries. More specifically, the special issue's ambition is to respond to 2 questions. What added value does the “new mobilities paradigm” contribute to the study of older migrants, who may have migrated long ago or be less mobile today than in the past? And conversely, what added value does studying older migrants contribute to the mobilities paradigm? While acknowledging earlier critiques of this paradigm, we contend that the mobilities perspective helps to elucidate the experiences of older migrants, through its insistence on the capacity for mobility—whether physical, virtual, communicative, or imaginative—at diverse scales, including but certainly not limited to international cross‐border moves. Mobility thus conceived is an important but neglected factor for older people to achieve better quality of life. We also argue that research with older migrants offers rich potential for refining the mobilities paradigm, for example, in terms of “mobility regimes” governing access to health care and social protection, to which older migrants may be particularly exposed. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Older people's mobility and travel activities have received little attention in studies using a timegeographical perspective. Stjernborg et al (2015) is one exception. They explored the mobility of an older couple through interviews and travel diaries and found that time-demanding basic needs and limited access to modes of transport due to deteriorating health and location of residence implied capability constraints.…”

Section: Meanings and Experiences Of Travelling In Time And Spacementioning

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Everyday Mobility and Travel Activities during the first years of Retirement

Berg¹

2016

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Mobility is central to living an independent life, to participating in society, and to maintaining well-being in later life. The point of departure in this thesis is that retirement implies changes in time-space use and altered routines, which influence demands and preconditions for mobility in numeorous ways. The aim of this thesis is to explore mobility strategies and changes in mobility upon retirement and how mobility develops during the first years of retirement. A further aim is to provide knowledge of the extent to which newly retired people maintain a desired mobility based on their needs and preconditions. The thesis is empirically based on travel diaries kept by newly retired people, and qualitative interviews with the same persons, and follow-up interviews three and a half years later. The results show that mobility is a way of forming a structure in the new everyday life as retirees by getting out of the house, either just for a walk or to do errands. Many patterns of everyday life remain the same upon retirement, but the informants also merge new responsibilities and seek new social arenas and activities. As a result, the importance of the car have not changed, but it is used for other reasons than before. After leaving paid work, new space-time constraints are created which influences demands for mobility. The study further shows that "third places" become important, especially among those who live alone, as they give an opportunity to being part of a social context and a reason for getting out of the house. The follow-up interviews revealed that declined health changed the preconditions for mobility. Daily walks had to be made shorter, and the car had to be used for most errands to where they previously could walk or cycle. However, mobility can also be maintained despite a serious illness and a long period of rehabilitation.

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Everyday Life Mobilities of Older Persons – A Case Study of Ageing in a Suburban Landscape in Sweden

Cited by 47 publications

References 42 publications

“May the Force move you”: Roles and actors of information sharing devices in urban mobility

“May the Force move you”: Roles and actors of information sharing devices in urban mobility

Older migrants and (im)mobilities of Ageing: An introduction

Everyday Mobility and Travel Activities during the first years of Retirement

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