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International perspectives on community care for older people
- Editors:
- SCHARF Thomas, WENGER G. Clare
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 243p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Research study.
A comparison of urban with rural support networks: Liverpool and North Wales
- Author:
- WENGER G. Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 15(1), March 1995, pp.59-81.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Compares findings on the distribution of support networks in Liverpool and in rural communities in North Wales. Demonstrates that while support network type is highly correlated with a wide range of demographic and social variables in both urban and rural samples, the nature of the relationships are not always comparable. Shows how cultural, migration and socio-economic factors interact to affect the formation of different types of support networks. As a result of a more stable elderly population, more old people in Liverpool have network types able to provide a high level of informal care and support.
Childlessness at the end of life: evidence from rural Wales
- Author:
- WENGER G. Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 29(8), November 2009, pp.1243-1259.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
When the frailties of advanced old age result in the need for help, after the spouse, adult children are the most important source of support. Despite developing closer relationships with next-of-kin or non-kin, older childless people in times of need are socially vulnerable and in need of more formal support services. Using data from the 1979-1999 Bangor Longitudinal Study of Ageing, the author explores the effects of childlessness on adults aged 65 or more, at the start of the study, for twenty years. Generally, childless people in old age had expectations consistent with being childfree, had developed closer relationships with next-of-kin and friends and placed a high value on independence. Marital status, gender, and wealth, in terms of social as well as financial capital were all important variables. In some cases expectations of inheritance were clearly associated with support received. It was noted however that unless death was sudden or after a short, acute illness, almost all childless people entered residential care or a long stay hospital at the close of their lives.
Myths and realities of ageing in rural Britain
- Author:
- WENGER G. Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 21(1), January 2001, pp.117-130.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article looks at rural ageing in the United Kingdom based on the existing literature and on research in country areas in which the author has been involved. The realities of rural lifestyles, family and community networks, life satisfaction, health and access to services are briefly discussed. Concludes that ageing in rural Britain is neither better not worse than ageing in urban areas. However, it is suggested that rural service provision demands a different approach from that which is appropriate in urban areas.
Old people's health and experiences of the caring services: accounts from rural communities in North Wales
- Author:
- WENGER G. Clare
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 117p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Liverpool
Reports on a survey of health and attitudes to health, contact with and attitudes to health services, the social services, social security and related agencies, and implications for social policy.