Howard Litwin

The Social Networks of Older People (eBook, PDF)

A Cross-National Analysis

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume examines the social networks of older people in nine countries from a range of perspectives in order to determine the potential of informal support structures to deliver the bulk of care in today's society. Researchers from the United States, Canada, England and Wales, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, and Israel present up-to-date analyses of support networks in each of their countries. The social policy implications of the comparative data are critically reviewed. The findings clearly suggest that social network availability is diminishing for a significant minority of elderly people. However, current practice in most countries reveals little purposive interweaving of formal services and informal networks, in order to strengthen the function of the latter and to prolong their presumed benefits.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313389375
• Artikelnr.: 37836963

Autorenporträt

HOWARD LITWIN has published 60 articles, book chapters and research monographs in the fields of social gerontology, social networks and community-based social work./e Dr. Litwin received his DSW from Columbia University and is currently Associate Professor of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures and Tables Introduction by Howard Litwin The Social Networks of
Elderly People in Sweden by Lars Andersson and Gerdt Sundström The
Lineage-Structured Social Networks of Older People in France by Claudine
Attias-Donfut and Alain Rozenkier The Elderly in Spain: The Dominance of
Family and the Wherewithal of the State by François Béland and
Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui Profiles of the Social Networks of Canada's
Elderly: An Analysis of 1990 General Social Survey Data by Leroy Stone and
Carolyn Rosenthal Social Network Characteristics and Social Network Types
Among Elderly People in Finland by Tuula Melkas and Marja Jylhä Support
Network Measurement and Typology Development in England and Wales by G.
Clare Wenger Assessing Social Support Networks Among Older People in the
United States by James Lubben and Melanie Gironda The Personal Network of
Dutch Older Adults: A Source of Social Contact and Instrumental Support by
Marjolein Broese van Groenou and Theo van Tilburg The Interpersonal Milieu
of Elderly People in Jerusalem by Gail Auslander A Cross-National Social
Network Analysis by Howard Litwin Bibliography Author Index Subject Index