The Supportive Network: Coping with Old Age

ISBN-13: 9781032074375 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 254 str.

G. Clare Wenger

Opis

First published in 1984, this study of the everyday lives of elderly people, and the sources of help and care available to them in the community at the time, made a special contribution by showing how they can and do make creative adaptations to the challenge of age, and by increasing our understanding of their informal networks of support.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  Part 1: Background  1. The Research Context  2. The Social Context of Care  Part 2: Access  3. Mobility and Communications Systems  4. Access to Basic Goods and Services  Part 3: Social Environment  5. Family. Friends and Neighbours  6. Voluntary Association and Spare-Time Activities  Part 4: Support  7. Help and Helpers  8. Support Networks, Isolation, Loneliness and Morale  9. Elderly People Coping  10. Independence versus Dependence  11. Policy Implications.  Appendix 1 – University College of North Wales, Bangor, Elderly in the Community: Questionnaire.  Appendix 2 – Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale.  References.  Index.

O autorze

G. Clare Wenger