Family And Community Life Of Older People

Reflects interest in how older people are affected by social change which is a key theme in social science that looks set to continue as more people are living for longer.

List of contents

1.Growing Old: Other Pasts; Other Places 2.Social Networks and Social Support in Old Age 3.The Context of Ageing: Community, Locality and Urbanisation 4.Household Structure and Social Networks in Later Life 5.Growing Old in Urban Communities 6.Social Support in Late Life: the Role of Family and Friends 7.Managing Support in Old Age 8.Ties that Bind: Relationships Across the Generations 9.Family Care and Support in Ethnic Minority Groups 10.The Social World of Older People: the Experience of Retirement and Leisure 11.From Family Groups to Personal Communities: Social Capital and Social Change in Old Age

About the author

Judith and Phillips, Miriam Bernard, Jim Ogg, Chris Phillipson

Summary

Reflects interest in how older people are affected by social change which is a key theme in social science that looks set to continue as more people are living for longer.

Product details

• Authors: Miriam Bernard, Bernard Miriam, Jim Ogg, Judith and Phillips, Chris Phillipson
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2000
• EAN: 9780415205313
• ISBN: 978-0-415-20531-3
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, MEDICAL / Health Policy, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Social Work, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology: family, kinship and relationships