The Meanings and Materialities of "Home" for Older People

This article discusses the importance of home to older people as "home" arises in its various forms, in terms of its material, social, and symbolic features and adaptations. Home in the context of aging-for all people-is multifaceted and complex. All these aspects have important implications for professional and voluntary support and care provided in homes, initiatives, and places, as these spaces and policies attempt to replicate some elements of homes and broader social policies that deal directly or indirectly with the places in which older people live.