Countryside Connections

Catherine Hagan Hennessy is Professor of Public Health and Ageing at Plymouth University where she researches the well-being of older adults, including in rural settings.Robin Means is Professor of Health and Social Care at the University of the West of England, and President of the British Society of Gerontology.Vanessa Burholt is Professor of Gerontology at Swansea University. Her research concentrates on older people’s attachment to people and places, with a focus on rurality.

• Countryside connections in later life: Setting the scene ~ Catherine Hagan Hennessy, Robin Means and Vanessa Burholt;Conceptualising rural connectivities in later life ~ Nigel Curry, Vanessa Burholt, Catherine Hagan Hennessy;Rural connectivity and older people’s leisure participation ~ Catherine Hagan Hennessy, Yvette Staelens, Gloria Lankshear, Andy Phippen, Avril Silk, Daniel Zahra;Connecting with community: The nature of belonging among rural elders ~ Vanessa Burholt, Nigel Curry, Norah Keating, Jacquie Eales;Beyond transport: Understanding the role of mobilities in rural elders’ connectivity in civic society ~ Graham Parkhurst, Kathleen Galvin, Charles Musselwhite, Judith Phillips, Ian Shergold, Les Todres;Deep mapping and rural connectivities ~ Jane Bailey, Iain Biggs and Dan Buzzo;Older people, low income and place: Making connections in rural Britain ~ Paul Milbourne, Shane Doheny;Connecting with older people as project stakeholders: Lessons for public participation and engagement in rural research ~ Simon Evans, Ray Jones, Janet Smithson;Towards connectivity in a Grey and Pleasant Land? ~ Robin Means, Vanessa Burholt, Catherine Hagan Hennessy.

"The conceptual model, innovative methods, and empirics presented in this book provide a rich foundation for studies in other rural places." Canadian Journal on Aging