Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations
Understanding Networks of Care
Janet M Wilmoth editor Merril D Silverstein editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:15th Jun '17
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Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations offers current, multidisciplinary perspectives on social support and service provision to older Americans. The chapters trace how our understanding of social support among older adults has developed over the past 40 years and explore current gerontological research in the area. They consider how informal care arrangements articulate with formal long-term care policies and programs to provide support to the diverse population of older Americans. They also emphasize heterogeneity in the composition of support networks, particularly in relation to gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and immigrant status. Collectively, the chapters provide insight into the complexity of older adult’s social support networks that can be used to improve the services provided to caregivers and care recipients as well as the policies that promote high-quality support to people of all ages who are in need of assistance.
"This book creates a fine tension worthy of scholars who are both meticulous in their documentation and willing to push the boundaries of mainstream comfortability. Wilmoth and Silverstein’s review of the conceptualization and empirical advances in social support of older adults is an excellent primer for those new to the field and those of us who think we know more than we do. And it is reassuring that in these dark days of further retrenchment of the welfare state there are voices for those who are marginalized and vulnerable."
Norah C Keating, PhD, FCAHS, director, The Global Social Initiative on Ageing (GSIA), International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics; professor of rural ageing, Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University, UK; co-director, Research on Aging, Policies and Practice (RAPP), University of Alberta, Canada
ISBN: 9780415788304
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Weight: 453g
234 pages