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This edited volume examines the social networks of older people in nine countries from a range of perspectives in order to determine the potential of informal support structures to deliver the bulk of care in today's society. Researchers from the United States, Canada, England and Wales, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, and Israel present up-to-date analyses of support networks in each of their countries. The social policy implications of the comparative data are critically reviewed. The findings clearly suggest that social network availability is diminishing for a significant minority of elderly people. However, current practice in most countries reveals little purposive interweaving of formal services and informal networks, in order to strengthen the function of the latter and to prolong their presumed benefits.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Figure and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Social Networks of Elderly People in Sweden
- 3. The Lineage-Structured Social Networks of Older People in France
- 4. The Elderly in Spain: The Dominance of Family and the Wherewithal of the State
- 5. Profiles of the Social Networks of Canada's Elderly: An Analysis of 1990 General Social Survey Data
- 6. Social Network Characteristics and Social Network Types among Elderly People in Finland
- 7. Support Network Measurement and Typology Development in England and Wales
- 8. Assessing Social Support Networks among Older People in the United States
- 9. The Personal Network of Dutch Older Adults: A Source of Social Contact and Instrumental Support
- 10. The Interpersonal Milieu of Elderly People in Jerusalem
- 11. A Cross-National Social Network Analysis
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- About the Contributors