The social networks of older people : a cross-national analysis

著者

• Litwin, Howard

書誌事項

The social networks of older people : a cross-national analysis

edited by Howard Litwin

Praeger, 1996

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-241) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

Figures and Tables Introduction by Howard Litwin The Social Networks of Elderly People in Sweden by Lars Andersson and Gerdt Sundstrom 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 Francois Beland 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 Jylha 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

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA31197901
• ISBN:
  • 0275953270
• LCCN: 96016265
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Westport, Conn.
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 257 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • NDC9 : 367.7
  • LCC : HQ1061
  • DC20 : 305.26
  • DC21 : 305.26
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Aged -- Social networks -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Older people -- Social networks -- Cross-cultural studies