Aiding and aging : the coming crisis in support for the elderly by kin and state
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Aiding and aging : the coming crisis in support for the elderly by kin and state
（Contributions to the study of aging, no. 17）
Greenwood Press, 1990
Available at 54 libraries
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Proceedings of the International Seminar in Family Research held in 1988 at the Balaton-Zamardi Conference Center, Zamardi, Hungary
Includes bibliographical references
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Description
Citizens of all societies age both as biological beings and as members of households in the open community. Through joining a series of essays and survey analyses, John Mogey has constructed a book that examines the way aging affects those who are growing older as well as the institutions of their society. To study the relationships between aiding the elderly and the aging process, two very different societies--the United States and Hungary--were chosen for comparison. In both societies, support for the elderly comes from formal institutional programs as well as informal family arrangements, and it seems equally true in both cases that the elderly get most of their support through kinship assistance. Throughout the book, the focus remains on the need to encourage the persistence of the kinship system, and the necessity of public programs to actively support the maintenance of households.
The volume is structured in three distinct sections: Households, Amity, and Lifestyle; Individuals, Kinship, and Networks; and Kinship, Lifestyle, and Policy. In each section, essays concentrate on the usual operations within communities that have elderly people in them, drawing data from the United States, Hungary (including information from a unique empirical study in Budapest), and six other countries. The essays also address the variety of demands that the kinship system places on public programs. Aiding and aging are common structural problems in all modern societies, and although each society will develop different policy solutions, all will use elements from the structures described in this collection. The book will be an important resource for courses in social work, social gerontology, and sociology, as well as an important addition to university and public libraries.
Table of Contents
Introduction Households, Amity, Lifestyle Household Composition among the Elderly in the United States and Hungary: A Comparison The Role of the Family in the Care of the Elderly in Hungary The Aged in the United States: Kinship and Household Kinship Patterns and Household Composition among Elderly Hungarian Women, 1984 With Whom Do the Elderly Live and Migrate? A Comparison between the United States, Australia, and Italy Individuals, Kinship, Networks Sex Differences in Kinship Interactions in Hungary The Family and the State: Rising Hungarian Death Rates Family Conditions of Old Persons in Hungary: Demographic Aspects Kinship and Aging in Ireland Brothers' Keepers: Situating Kinship Relations in Broader Networks of Social Support Kinship, Lifestyle, Policy Family Life Cycles: Their Effects on Old People's Family Relations The Policy Aspects of Aging Social Roles, Kinship Resources, and the Health of Aged Family Members in the United States and Hungary Variations in Support Networks: Implications for Social Policy Bibliography Index
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