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The Gerontologist Advance Access originally published online on October 27, 2009
The Gerontologist 2009 49(6):859-863; doi:10.1093/geront/gnp145
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Admitting that even Peter Pan Grows Old

Kathryn Lawler, MPP

Atlanta Regional Commission, 40 Courtland Street, Atlanta, GA 30303

Abbott, P., Carman, N., Carman, J., & Scarfo, B (Eds.) (2009). Recreating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging. Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press. 288 pages. $38.95 (paper).

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It is increasingly clear that throughout the 20th century, although health care knowledge and technology nearly doubled average life expectancy, the planning and construction of housing and transportation infrastructure completely ignored these advances in longevity. Architects; community planners; transportation engineers; developers; and federal, state, and local policy-makers incentivized and directly funded billions and billions of dollars in homes, roads, bridges, parks, recreation facilities, and commercial shopping and office space, all of which are built for perpetual youth. Although many individuals have struggled to make these "peter pan" neighborhoods work for themselves or their aging family members, the growth in the older adult population is rapidly bringing the disconnect between aging and the built environments to a head.

Frey (2007) explains in Mapping the Growth of Older America that the vast majority of the country’s older adult population, both current and future, live in the suburbs and exurbs of metropolitan areas. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   The History
 

   Change in Progress
 

   Scaling Up to Meet the Need
 

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