Aging in rural America

Author(s)

• Bull, C. Neil

Bibliographic Information

Aging in rural America

C. Neil Bull, editor

（Sage focus editions, v. 162）

Sage Publications, c1993

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-263) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Focusing on some of the major issues that have arisen in research of the rural elderly, contributors to this book review the literature, highlight the controversies and examine methodological and substantive issues in research. An introductory section looks at the demographic characteristics of the rural elderly. Issues related to resource development are then examined, looking at the rural elderly in terms of their social needs, their economic contributions to communities, the development of senior centres as community focal points and the need for transportation alternatives. Physical and mental health issues are also discussed and finally, attention is given to social support such as home and community care.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Helena Z Lopata Introduction - C Neil Bull PART ONE: CHARACTERISTICS OF RURAL ELDERLY Rural Elderly - William B Clifford and Stephen C Lilley Their Demographic Characteristics Migration and the Rural Elderly - Charles F Longino Jr and William H Haas III The Oldest-Old in Rural Minnesota - Lucy Rose Fischer PART TWO: RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT The Rural Aged - Marvin A Kaiser and Henry J Camp Beneficiaries and Contributors to Rural Community and Economic Development The Senior Center as a Community Focal Point - John W McClain et al A Strategy for Rural Community Development Housing for America's Rural Elderly - Joseph N Belden The Need for Transportation Alternatives for the Rural Elderly - Mary R Kihl PART THREE: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH In Sickness and In Health - Suzanne T Ortega, Martha Metroka and David R Johnson Age, Social Support and Psychological Consequences of Physical Health Among Rural and Urban Residents Health Promotion and Disadvantaged Elderly - Margaret J Penning and Neena L Chappell Rural-Urban Differences The Rural Aged, Social Value, and Health Care - James A Thorson and F C Powell Rural Geriatric Mental Health Care - Eloise Rathbone-McCuan A Continuing Service Dilemma Elder Abuse - Novella Perrin A Rural Perspective PART FOUR: SOCIAL SUPPORTS Formal Long-Term Care - Betty Havens and Beverly Kyle Case Examples The Rural Factor in Developing State and Local Systems of Home and Community Care - Gary M Nelson and Mary Anne P Salmon Informal Supports Among Older Rural Minorities - Vira R Kivett The Family Relations of Rural Elders - Raymond T Coward, Gary R Lee and Jeffery W Dwyer

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA21589508
• ISBN:
  • 0803948859
  • 0803948867
• LCCN: 93025528
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Newbury Park, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 279 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1064.U5
  • DC20 : 305.26/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aged -- United States -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Aged -- Services for -- United States
  • LCSH : United States -- Rural conditions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00351552