Making Space
Through personal narrative, Making Space examines the emotional and practical realities older adults and their caregivers face through caregiving, late-life housing transitions, and household disbandment.
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What emotional and practical challenges do older adults and their caregivers face as they move through caregiving, late-life housing transitions, and household disbandment—and how do families navigate them?
Drawing on first-person narratives across cultures and economic backgrounds, Making Space examines a process as emotionally fraught as it is logistically demanding. Supported by current research and robust pedagogical features—learning objectives, key terms, discussion questions, activities, and further reading—authors Heather Carlile Carter and Jennifer Carlile-Bortz affirm that what caregivers and families undergo is an intensely personal, often isolating experience, yet one increasingly woven into the life of every family.
The book is an essential resource for students of gerontology, social work, human-centered design, interior design, and psychology, as well as the adult children and home health professionals navigating these transitions themselves.
What emotional and practical challenges do older adults and their caregivers face as they move through caregiving, late-life housing transitions, and household disbandment—and how do families navigate them?
Drawing on first-person narratives across cultures and economic backgrounds, Making Space examines a process as emotionally fraught as it is logistically demanding. Supported by current research and robust pedagogical features—learning objectives, key terms, discussion questions, activities, and further reading—authors Heather Carlile Carter and Jennifer Carlile-Bortz affirm that what caregivers and families undergo is an intensely personal, often isolating experience, yet one increasingly woven into the life of every family.
The book is an essential resource for students of gerontology, social work, human-centered design, interior design, and psychology, as well as the adult children and home health professionals navigating these transitions themselves.
Heather Carlile Carter, PhD, NCIDQ, LEED AP, WELL AP, is Associate Professor of Interior Design at Johnson County Community College, researching older adults’ transitions, possessions, place attachment, and household disbandment.
Jennifer Carlile-Bortz has been a freelance editor and writer for more than forty years, with work spanning scholastic, professional, and literary fields.
