Journal of Aging Studies articles from June 2000

Journal of Aging Studies archives from June 2000

BUSY BODIES: Activity, Aging, and the Management of Everyday Life.
June 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION The association of activity with well-being in old age seems so obvious and indisputable that questioning it within gerontological circles would be considered unprofessional, if not heretical. The notion of activity, a...

A MAN'S GOTTA DO WHAT A MAN'S GOTTA DO: Husbands as Caregivers to Their Demented Wives: A Discourse Analytic Approach.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION Gerontological research on family caregivers has largely focused on the role of wives giving care to their demented husbands. It is only recently that the caregiving role of men, and husbands in particular, has begun to...

CARING FOR OUR OWN: Health Care Experiences of Rural Hispanic Elders.
June 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION The Hispanics [nursing home residents] that we do take in... they are not the 70- and 80-year-olds. We're seeing them come in at 90+ years of age. And it's because their needs just can't be met [at home] anymore,...

USING FOCUS GROUPS TO EXPLORE THE NATURE OF PRAYER IN LATE LIFE.
June 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION A growing number of studies have examined the relationship between religion and health in late life (see Ellison and Levin 1998; Koenig 1994 for reviews of this literature). Viewed broadly, this literature suggests that...

SOCIAL NETWORK TYPE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG THE OLD-OLD.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION The social networks in which older people are embedded constitute a major source of personal well-being and a principal resource for personal care in later life (Gallo 1984; Wenger 1984). One of the more important aspects of...