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The Needs Of Older People As Seen By Themselves And Support Providers, Sarah Movius Schurr
The Needs Of Older People As Seen By Themselves And Support Providers, Sarah Movius Schurr
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This study compares perceptions of older people's needs from two vantage points: needs as seen by the older people themselves, and the needs of the elders as seen by their family support group. Two hypotheses were examined. The first hypothesis was that the elders and the support people would disagree on the needs of the elders. Secondly, the disagreement would be strongest on more abstract needs, like life satisfaction and contact with the opposite sex.
Social Support Systems Of A Selected Sample Of Older Women, Carol Thorpe Tully
Social Support Systems Of A Selected Sample Of Older Women, Carol Thorpe Tully
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In an effort to examine social organizational structures and support systems in the social world of the older lesbian woman, 73 self-identified lesbian women fifty years of age or older provided data on their personal interactions with the economic, political, educational, religious, social welfare and familial social systems of the heterosexual culture and the homosexual subculture. Results from this cross-sectional survey depict the sample as well educated, professional, financially secure, politically liberal women in good health who are selective with whom they reveal their sexual orientation. The knowledge of their lesbianism is shared more with female friends than with family …