The Supportive Network

Coping with Old Age

G. Clare Wenger

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Routledge
08 November 2021

Age groups: the elderly; Social work

Series: National Institute Social Services Library

Much previous research on elderly people had focused on their problems, and had created an impression of a group of isolated individuals suffering from almost insurmountable social difficulties. Originally published in 1984, this study of the everyday lives of elderly people, and the sources of help and care available to them in the community at the time, made a special contribution by showing how they can and do make creative adaptations to the challenge of age, and by increasing our understanding of their informal networks of support.

The author looks not only at the role and availability of family, but also of friends, neighbours, voluntary associations and statutory services and the composite networks of support which these contacts form, noting differences related to gender, class and household composition. The detailed picture that she presents would be invaluable to those teachers, students and practitioners of social work concerned with the development of more community-based patterns of social work, as recommended by the Barclay Report, and to policy makers who needed to understand how sometimes strained natural support systems may be reinforced and maintained. The book also extends our knowledge of the normal lives of elderly people and will be of general interest to social gerontologists and network theorists in sociology and anthropology.

By: G. Clare Wenger
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 36
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9781032074375
ISBN 10: 103207437X
Series: National Institute Social Services Library
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 08 November 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

G. Clare Wenger