Family and Community: Changing Roles in an Aging Society.

Cantor, Marjorie H.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Family and Community: Changing Roles in an Aging Society.

Cantor, Marjorie H.

Gerontologist, v31 n3 p337-46 Jun 1991

Considers social care of the elderly. Presents social care model emphasizing interrelatedness of informal, mediating, and formal care and the need for well-articulated linkages among them. Discusses trends affecting future demand for care, and ability of family and community to respond. Sees family retaining important role, with some of its functions shifting to formal care in future. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Caregivers, Family Role, Futures (of Society), Models, Older Adults, Public Policy, Research and Development, Social Support Groups, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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