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| Contribution of social arrangements to the attainment of successful aging - the experience of the Israeli kibbutz | | Author(s) | Uriel Leviatan |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 54B, no 4, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp P205-213 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Personal relationships ; Social roles ; Well being ; Life satisfaction ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The ageing populations of Israeli kibbutz communities demonstrate characteristics of "successful ageing" expressed in long life expectancy and positive well-being. This article summarises 20 years of focused research about the older members of kibbutzim, to show that their demonstration of successful ageing is mostly due to the social arrangements and policies adopted by their communities in the domains of work, social relations, stability in social roles, and surroundings. Further support for the importance attached to social arrangements is illustrated by the negative effect on well-being that the results of structural changes, experienced by some kibbutzim, in the direction of becoming more similar to the rest of society. It is suggested that many of the kibbutz principles of social policies and arrangements could be emulated by other industrialised societies, to improve chances of "successful ageing" by their older populations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991220203 A |
| Classmark | BG: DS: TM5: D:F:5HH: F:5HH: 7H6 |
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