ABSTRACT
This chapter explores health geographies of ageing as a substantive research tradition, from early concerns about the health trends of older populations to contemporary concerns for how space and place impact older people's health and health care. It addresses three geographical areas of spatial, relational and critical health geographies of ageing. Throughout, three key themes that define health geographies of ageing are incorporated. These themes include inequities in health geographies of ageing, the health aspects of ageing in place and attachment to place and landscapes of care, including provision of health care and other forms of support and service for ageing adults. Most spatial science approaches to ageing and health geography focus on measuring and understanding the implications of the changing distribution of ageing populations at global, regional and urban levels. Health geographers have argued for much more critical understanding of what it means to 'age in place', both from perspectives of older people and urban, regional and global governance.
