Elders Living Alone Frailty and the Perception of Choice

Name: Elders Living Alone Frailty and the Perception of Choice
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ISBN: 9780202360843

ISBN-10: 0202360849

ISBN-13: 9780202360843

Edition: 1992

Authors: Janet Kilbride, Janet C. Kilbride, Sharon Nagy, Robert Rubinstein, Janet Kilbride

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Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/8/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 172
Size: 1.00" wide x 1.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Choice Making as a Cultural Ideal and as a Behavior



Choice, Independence, and Aging


The Realm of Choice and Independence


Status Characteristics



Factors Limiting Choices among the Study Population


Health Problems


Home and Neighborhood


Neighborhood


Fear



The Altered Ethos of Choice among Frail Elders Living Alone


The Culture of Living Alone


Choices Writ Small


Vectors to the Outside World: Social Support, Social Networks, and the Personal Agents


Loneliness



Socialization for Choice Making among Frail Elders



The World at Home


Home as a Place


Some Cases



The Effect of Life History on Individual Choice: The Nature and the Role of Continuity



The Effect of Life History on Individual Choice: Discontinuity



Choice and Successful Aging: The Balancing Act



The Miniaturization of Satisfaction and Thereafter Choice



Successful and Unsuccessful Balancing Acts and the Role of the Individual and Community


References


Index