2014
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12085
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“It's not only for sick people”: The place of the local hospital in a rural northern Ontario community

Abstract: The research explored in this paper is part of a larger project examining the experiences of aging-in-place in a rural, northern Ontario context where communities are in a state of economic instability or transition. We focused on a case study of one community in northwestern Ontario, and explored the role and social place of the hospital in a small rural northern town using focused ethnography. In total, 84 people were interviewed, including older adults, health service providers, and other community members.… Show more

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“…Research within library science has engaged community use of libraries as meeting spaces and the ways libraries build community through engagement with otherness (Aabø and Audunson 2012) and developing social capital (Ferguson 2012). And, within geography, a literature on hospital closures arising from neoliberal restructuring has illuminated the importance of hospitals—particularly in rural communities—for grounding community and place identities (James 1999; Kearns and Joseph 1997; Wiersma and Koster 2014). Although schools represent a unique set of issues, there are important parallels with the possibilities these other types of organizations represent for supporting community development.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research within library science has engaged community use of libraries as meeting spaces and the ways libraries build community through engagement with otherness (Aabø and Audunson 2012) and developing social capital (Ferguson 2012). And, within geography, a literature on hospital closures arising from neoliberal restructuring has illuminated the importance of hospitals—particularly in rural communities—for grounding community and place identities (James 1999; Kearns and Joseph 1997; Wiersma and Koster 2014). Although schools represent a unique set of issues, there are important parallels with the possibilities these other types of organizations represent for supporting community development.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%