Mutual Help Organizations for Rural Older Women.

Hooyman, Nancy R.

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Mutual Help Organizations for Rural Older Women.

Hooyman, Nancy R.

Educational Gerontology, v5 n4 p429-47 Oct 1980

The effects of older age, women's roles, and some aspects of rural life can jeopardize rural older women's well-being. A mutual help organization cannot be a solution to all problems, but it can be one element within the care continuum of rural older women. (Author)

Descriptors: Community Resources, Females, Helping Relationship, Networks, Older Adults, Peer Relationship, Rural Population, Social Environment, Social Isolation

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Language: English

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