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| Subjective realities of rural older women's lives: a case study | | Author(s) | Dena Shenk |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 10, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 7-24 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Rural areas ; Case studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This paper presents and analyses the subjective reality of a single older rural woman through her telling of her life story and open-ended interviews. This case study is used to demonstrate how a rural woman experiences a positive life experience while living with poverty, poor health, and numerous challenges and losses. In the telling of her life story key values of rural older women can be recognised, including independence and privacy, balanced with a clear sense of the importance of relationships with others, and a closeness to the land. The case was selected from the multi-phase Rural Older Women's Project completed in rural Minnesota in 1986 and 1987. The views of informal and formal systems of service delivery are discussed and implications explored for the development of formal services which will more effectively meet the needs of rural older women. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990326401 A |
| Classmark | BD: DB: RL: 69P: 7T |
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