‘Healing and feeling’ : The place of emotions in later life

Milligan, Christine and Bingley, Amanda and Gatrell, Anthony (2012) ‘Healing and feeling’ : The place of emotions in later life. In: Emotional Geographies :. Ashgate Publishing Ltd., pp. 49-62. ISBN 9780754643753

Abstract

There is increasing recognition of the complexity of factors that contribute to variations in the health and well-being of older people. However, emotions in later life are often neglected, as illustrated by the following comments from informal carers about care practices in institutional settings.