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Disconnected: ageing in an alien world
 — report of the preliminary findings of research into the connections between elderly generations and young people: a study of attitudes among elders conducted in the Swale District of East Kent
Author(s)Frank Furedi, Tracey Brown
PublisherReconnecting, Canterbury, 1997
Pages27 pp
SourceReconnecting, c/o The University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NS.
KeywordsOlder people ; Young people ; Children ; Social interaction ; Social change ; Isolation ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Kent.
AnnotationThis pilot study aimed to study the sociology of fears and insecurities that older people express about their everyday lives, focusing on the relationship between older people, and children and youth. Drawing on data from 75 in-depth interviews with older people in Swale, the report describes older people's views on their role in society, contact with children and younger people, personal security, generational differences, social change, and parenthood. The report concludes that the tendency to exclude older people from child care responsibilities reinforces their isolation and consolidates their sense of insecurity. Suggestions are made for policies that encourage the development of intergenerational interaction. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-980518403 B
ClassmarkB: SB: SBC: TMA: TMH: TP: DP: 3F: 8K

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