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| Balancing lives in sheltered housing | | Author(s) | John Percival |
| Journal title | Generations Review, vol 9, no 3, September 1999 |
| Pages | pp 9-11 |
| Keywords | Sheltered housing ; Tenants ; Social contacts ; Social roles ; London. |
| Annotation | Older people's social interactions in sheltered housing are the theme of the author's thesis, "Balancing lives: an ethnographic study of older people's social interactions in sheltered housing" (unpublished, 1998). This article outlines his fieldwork experiences in three similar sized inner London schemes in the rented sector, and managed by different housing organisations. These are discussed in terms of: sharing of facilities and services; attitudes towards "outsiders" and new tenants; "mixing", visiting and helping; tenants' social roles; and social tensions. While tenants should join in a social environment, they also have needs to attend to the self. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991018212 A |
| Classmark | KLA: KET: TOA: TM5: 82L |
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