Aging into the 21st Century: The Exploration of Aspirations and Values

ISBN-13: 9780876306437 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 221 str.

Ph.D. Rachelle A. Dorfman; R. Dorfman;Dorfman Rachell

Opis

Dorfman calls this a work on social gerontology. She discusses aging in the US, and the aspirations and values of the elder population. Combining ethnography with instruction on applications for long-term care of and psychotherapy with the elderly, she draws on her own live-in research at a retire

Spis treści

Part 1 The Later Years; Chapter 1 The Experience of Aging; Chapter 2 Franklin Village; Part 2 Aspirations; Chapter 3 Autonomy; Chapter 4 Personal Growth; Chapter 5 Helping; Chapter 6 Social Ties; Chapter 7 Pleasure; Part 3 Values; Chapter 8 Values and Aging; Chapter 9 Values and Aspirations Revisited; Chapter 10 Value-Friendly Long-Term Care;

O autorze

Dorfman, Rachelle A.