The Last Frontier: The Social Meaning of Growing OldSAGE Publications, 1977 - 215 strán (strany) How do the elderly manage to give meaning to their daily lives? Fontana has spent three years watching and talking to an enormous variety of old people: those who can afford to "grow old gracefully", the elderly poor who scrape by in urban ghettos, and those who age behind the walls of nursing homes. He lets them speak for themselves, and what they say is often surprising: it destroys many of our most cherished assumptions about aging. This book provides fundamental insights into ways to age with dignity and sense. -- Publisher description. |
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... poor old people in an attempt to see how the meaning of old age is affected by poorness . This quest entailed spending many research hours sitting on park benches , in hotel lounges , and in recreation halls . My attempts to talk to poor ...
... poor old people in an attempt to see how the meaning of old age is affected by poorness . This quest entailed spending many research hours sitting on park benches , in hotel lounges , and in recreation halls . My attempts to talk to poor ...
Strana 117
... poor that " [ they ] are marginal people even when they live in the heart of a great city . " David Matza holds a similar view and considers the poor as individuals perennially living at the fringes of society and " hard to reach . " If ...
... poor that " [ they ] are marginal people even when they live in the heart of a great city . " David Matza holds a similar view and considers the poor as individuals perennially living at the fringes of society and " hard to reach . " If ...
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... poor . To be sure , for some there are other crisis elements ; illness , death of a loved one , etc. , but none of them are as preponderant as poor- ness itself . 1 Different patterns of waiting emerge among this group of poor , and two ...
... poor . To be sure , for some there are other crisis elements ; illness , death of a loved one , etc. , but none of them are as preponderant as poor- ness itself . 1 Different patterns of waiting emerge among this group of poor , and two ...
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