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Joining a life care community: an alternative to 'frailing' into a nursing home in the USA
- Authors:
- von MERING Otto, NEFF Laurie
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 3(4), December 1993, pp.5-8.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Increasing numbers of older Americans are choosing to live out their retirement in planned, self-governed and financed retirement communities. Many of these full-service communities, which range in size from 250 to 750 members, are comparable to small villages and are located near small towns in a rural setting. Considers the development of such communities, and profiles several.
Life of Brian
- Author:
- NEATE Polly
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.93, 1993, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Brian Roycroft, director of social services at Newcastle talks about the changes in social services, the government and his impending retirement.
Older people in Charleroi
- Author:
- MAYENCE Serge
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 27(3), September 1993, pp.221-234.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a study of older people in Charleroi, Belgium, and their views on neighbourhood life, family, dependency and domiciliary services, health, leisure-time and voluntary action, and retirement. One of a series of companion studies.
The age of entitlement
- Author:
- WILLETTS David
- Publisher:
- Social Market Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 43p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at means testing and targeting of pensions, argues that confusing these two ideas bedevils policy making and goes on to sketch out a new approach to the problems of retirement age and pensioner poverty. Views the real problem as not lying in the fact that people live too long, but that they stop working too soon.
Aging in black America
- Editors:
- JACKSON James S., CHATTERS Linda M., TAYLOR Robert Joseph
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 338p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Newbury Park, CA
Section 1 deals with community, friends and family; section 2 with church and religion; section 3 with health, social functioning and well being; section 4 with group identity and political participation; section 5 with retirement and work; and section 6 with the live course of African Americans.