Abstract
Imagine that all of a sudden, on a torridly hot Saturday afternoon, the water supply and the power are turned off due to a blunder in the road reconstruction in front of the house. It takes the workers about five hours to bring them back up. As a consequence, the washing machine and the dishwasher stop running, the refrigerator and the freezer start defrosting, and the computer quits right in the middle of sending a long e-mail message. The toilet does not flush and the cold shower one might crave for on such a day has to be postponed. On top of that, the air conditioning shuts down.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | New Dynamics in Old Age |
| Subtitle of host publication | Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives |
| Editors | Hans-Werner Wahl, Clemens Tesch-Romer, Andreas Hoff, Jon Hendricks |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 253-269 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351842808 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0895033224, 9780895033222 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology