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European-American Elderly. A Guide for Practice. Christopher L. Hayes, Richard A. Kalish, David Guttmann (Eds.). New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1986. 272 pages, $30.95 U.S.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Milada Disman
Affiliation:
Research Fellow of Gerontology Research Council of Ontario and Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioural Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8

Summary abstract

The book discusses the socio-cultural background of the Euro-American elderly; focuses on social institutions such as family, the ethnic neighbourhood and the church; addresses programs and services; identifies program models and describes some intervention strategies. The issues discussed appear to apply to the ethnic elderly from a range of ethnic groups in addition to the ones analyzed. Besides practitioners, this book should prove of interest to researchers, policy makers and gerontology students.

Résumé

Le livre examine les milieux socio-culturels de la population euro-américaine d'âge avancé. Les auteurs se concentrent particulièrement sur les institutions sociales comme la famille, les quartiers ethniques et l'église. Ils nous offrent un aperçu des programmes et des services, ils identifient des modèles de programmes et ils décrivent certaines stratégies d'intervention. Les problèmes soulevés dans le texte semblent toucher l'ethnie d'âge avancé dans une variété de groupes ethniques en plus de ceux qui forment le noeud de l'analyse. Cet ouvrage s'adresse aux chercheurs, aux législateurs, aux étudiants en gérontologie ainsi qu'aux praticiens en général.

Type
Book Reviews/Comptes rendus
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1987

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References

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