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Time: 4 hours
Level: Introductory
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 Introduction Resource- This unit looks at the way people identify and become attached to places, buildings and objects. It also analyses how this attachment can impact on personal well-being. Understanding this is important...
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- 1: Attachment to place Resource
- In this unit we are going to consider the way in which people identify and become attached to places, buildings, objects, and how this attachment can contribute to personal well-being or how we feel about...
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- Positive and negative meanings Resource
- Many people spend a lot of time at home, they invest part of themselves within it, both materially and emotionally. So what does it mean?
- 2.1: A place for possessions Resource
- One of the ways homes come to reflect something of the individual is through the things within them. This personalisation of space, as it is called, is something we all do, though it is done differently...
- 2.2: Place and identity Resource
- Home, then, can support your ‘identity’ through the way you ‘personalise’ the space in it with your own belongings – making a statement about who you are. However, if you look back to Activity 1, you can...
- 2.3: Places and spaces as resources
- Attachment to places can be a resource within care relationships, especially where people have a shared history of attachment to places. An older couple may have experienced the ups and downs of moving...
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- The impact of surroundings Resource
- Thinking about attachment to places leads us to think about just the opposite: how do people feel when they have to change places and move from one situation to another? Some people are always on the move...
- 3.1: Change on a daily basis: shared childcare Resource
- We leave our flat at about 8.15 am and go to nursery where Sabrina (who is four) stays for the mornings. I then take Tristan (who is nine) to school and then go on to work. Maureen, who's a registered...
- 3.2: Change on a daily basis: shared care for the elderly Resource
- In the case of Mr Bright care is shared between his wife and formal carers and changes in the place of care are primarily to give Mrs Bright a break and Mr Bright a change of scene.
- 3.3: Change on a daily basis: Day unit care Resource
- The importance of maintaining continuity of people and places is important in both cases. Many people attend day care services and find that the change is a stimulating experience, widening their daily...
- 3.4: Coping with relocation Resource
- We have seen that attachment to place can be important in terms of developing and maintaining feelings of security and a sense of self-identity However, care for some people involves relocation.
- 3.5: Reloction: acceptance Resource
- Of equal importance in terms of adjustment is an acceptance of the new situation and identification with the new life (Lieberman and Tobin, 1983). Reed and Roskell Payton (1995) have shown how ‘adjusting...
- 3.6: Models of adjustment Resource
- Here we have talked about changes of place as having a particular impact on an individual's sense of well-being or self-esteem. Relocation and separation from familiar places just like separation from...
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