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Intergenerational interaction between institutionalised older persons and biologically unrelated university students
Author(s)Vera Roos
Journal titleJournal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 2, no 1, 2004
Pagespp 79-96
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsResidents [care homes] ; Students ; Social interaction ; Friendship ; Qualitative Studies ; South Africa.
AnnotationThis South African research focused on the value of friendship between older people living in a retirement home and students whom they did not know prior to their interaction in the project. Friendship, in this instance, is viewed as a multidimensional facet of social support. Participatory action research was used to describe the relationship between the students and the older people, and the illustrative method, as a qualitative research method was used to analyse the data obtained from students' reports, observations and interviews. The results are used to propose guidelines for the transfer to other contexts of the intergenerational involvement of biologically unrelated students with older people. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-040928210 A
ClassmarkKX: XN: TMA: DS:SX: 3DP: 7PM

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