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Intergenerational relations in America
— the recognition of interdependence | | Author(s) | Harold L Sheppard, Daniel Thursz |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 1, no 3, 1995 |
| Pages | pp 219-230 |
| Keywords | Older people ; Young people ; Social interaction ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article is an NCOA (National Council on the Aging) publication, prepared for the 1995 White House Conference on Aging. Whilst in the past, discussions about ageing and older people were focused in terms of the family, more attention is now being paid to generations, and to the alleged conflict or competition between these generations. In this context, the authors discuss generations as groups of living people born in different time periods, in groups sufficiently different in their ages to warrant some kind of separation in our minds. Older people typically want some independence, but not isolation and loneliness. Independence, though, does not exclude interdependence: the ideal relationship for many families more likely involves a pattern of balance between the desire for some level of independence (of not wanting to be a burden) coupled with a sense of reciprocity of services, support, and emotional attachments between or among generations in the same family. The authors contend that the bonds or solidarity between the generations have not weakened in recent decades; and frigid or no relations between and among generations is a rarity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-960924001 A |
| Classmark | B: SB: TMA: 7T * |
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