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| Empowering elderly children to become social elders | | Author(s) | Elizabeth A Guillette |
| Journal title | Southern African Journal of Gerontology, vol 5, no 2, October 1996 |
| Pages | pp 33-36 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Nutrition ; Self help organisations ; Social roles ; Poverty ; Botswana. |
| Annotation | In Botswana, social change, especially the migration of working age adults and a growing emphasis on materialism, has devalued the social status of older people. Within a setting of generalised poverty, older people also have a unique age-induced form of destitution - the gerontic deprivation trap. In particular, older men without employment and older women with limited resources are regarded as "children", and perceived as unable to make valid contributions to family and society. This article describes the development of a self-help programme to empower older people, which was based on tradition, culture, and the needs of improved nutrition, health care and outcome. Although the needs of men and women varied, the outcome of empowerment to lessen gerontic deprivation was equal. Status and worth within the household and community increased as older people became contributing members of society. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971113233 A |
| Classmark | CC: CF: PQ: TM5: W6: 7PE |
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