Chapter 10: Person-Environment Fit and Quality of Care

Here I will discuss some of the proposed aspects of quality of care in ageing as presented in this volume. I will use empirical findings from a study on meaning-making of ageing and later life among people living in the Faroe Islands to argue for the necessity of taking the person-environment fit seriously as a way to evaluate the quality of care given and to suggest options for improving it. Cultural psychology will form the theoretical point of departure. Additionally, notions from critical gerontology will form part of this chapter, which means that policies and practices are challenged by examining on which they have evolved (Keating & Phillips, 2008; van Dyk, 2014).