Placing voluntarism within evolving spaces of care in ageing rural communities |
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Authors: | Mark W Skinner Alun E Joseph |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9J 7B8, Canada;(2) Department of Geography, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada |
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Abstract: | Guided by a theorisation of voluntarism as a critical process shaping local outcomes of changes underway in health care systems
and in rural communities, this paper re-analyses qualitative results from previous case studies of rural ageing to deconstruct
the multifaceted role of the voluntary sector in facilitating the emergence of homes and communities as ‘new’ spaces of care.
The specific focus is on the lived experience of voluntary sector care providers from the perspectives of non-profit organisations,
community groups and families as well as elderly residents of rural communities in Canada and New Zealand. The findings confirm
the local dynamics of voluntarism as a crucial yet neglected component of sustainable rural services and communities. More
importantly, they reveal the voluntary sector as a major source of resistance to both the short-term changes mandated by restructuring
and longer-term changes associated with rural ageing and service decline. It is through resistance that voluntary organisations
and volunteers are seen to be engaging most intensely with the challenge of ageing in place within evolving spaces of care.
A more nuanced understanding of their complex role is a prerequisite for developing informed policy on rural ageing and care
provisioning. |
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