Special Issue on Ageing in Place: Introduction

Ageing in place has been loosely defined as ageing in one’s familiar home and community (Boyle et al. 2015; Pani-Harreman et al. 2021). Ageing in place is both an approach and policy developed in response to population ageing as well as a theme subject to academic debate (Lewis & Buffel 2020). Ageing in place has been a prevalent policy in many countries, especially in Global North countries like the UK (Peace 2022). As a policy, ageing in place stems from both the wishes of older adults as well as neoliberalist austerity, cutting back on residential care provision (Means 2007; Joy 2020). With neoliberalist policies becoming dominant, emphasis for the ability to ‘age well in place’ is increasingly placed on older…