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| Continuity and change in the family and community life of older people | | Author(s) | Miriam Bernard, Chris Phillipson, Judith Phillips |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 20, no 3, September 2001 |
| Pages | pp 259-278 |
| Keywords | Family relationships ; Family care ; Independent housing ; Social contacts ; Urban areas ; Social surveys ; Redbridge ; Tower Hamlets ; Wolverhampton. |
| Annotation | The family and community networks of older people living in three areas of England are examined: Bethnal Green, Wolverhampton, and Woodford (a north-eastern suburb of London). These were the locations of landmark community-based studies in the 1940s and 1950s. The present study shows that although most older people still have kinship based networks, the ways in which kinship is experienced - particularly as regards the interchange of care and support - are different. Relationships between the generations have altered, with support more often being located within a framework of equality and mutual reciprocity. Retirement is also more common, with leisure activities being much more central to older people's lives. The study raises questions about how policy and practice now need to respond to what is a much more complex and dynamic experience of the family and community life for older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011017201 A |
| Classmark | DS:SJ: P6:SJ: KL: TOA: RK: 3F: 82LR: 82LV: 87A |
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