Resorting to (un)secure(d) Aging

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aut.relation.journalPsychotherapy and Politics internationalen_NZ
aut.researcherCame, Heather
dc.contributor.authorCame, Hen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorHumphries-Kila, Mariaen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-15T03:20:27Z
dc.date.available2018-10-15T03:20:27Z
dc.date.copyright2017-03-10en_NZ
dc.date.issued2017-03-10en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThe commodification of later life by the retirement village industry opens a gated existence to a small portion of the globe’s elderly. Such villages are presented in media images as glamourous and fun-filled life-styles, a consumer choice not unlike the purchase of accommodation at a holiday resort – only more permanent and with a secured channel to the dependency-care that may lie in the future. We offer a critical view of such consumer choice not to diminish the security sought by those who can afford such a purchase, but to examine this depiction for what it illuminates and obscures in the lives of those who have equity to sap and those who do not – exposing to view the deeply institutionalised logic of capitalist markets. Drawing on the traditions of critical theory we hold our focus on the attraction to resort-style communities as a herding of the equity rich, the struggle of many diligent citizens to provide financially for their later years, and the vulnerability of the frail who must rely on state or charitable provision. Such scrutiny exposes contradictions in the view of ‘the market as freedom’ and invites a consideration of who we are as a just people.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationPsychotherapy and Politics International, 16(3).
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ppi.1471
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/11880
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.
dc.relation.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ppi.1471
dc.rightsThis is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [see Source], which has been published in final form at [see DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectAgeing; Critical theory; Marginalisation; Privilege; Retirement villages
dc.titleResorting to (un)secure(d) Agingen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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