Journal of Aging Studies articles from June 2001

Journal of Aging Studies archives from June 2001

Life contexts and health-related selves in old age Perspectives from the United States, India and Congo/Zaire.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Gerontological studies on the meaning of aging have found that individuals often associate aging with losses in health and psychophysical functioning. Since the aging process is commonly believed to be manifest in terms of...

Participating in the home Widows cope in Singapore.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... 1. Introduction As a significant rite of passage, widowhood is often conveyed as a traumatic experience in which the assertion of independence is desirable to assist in the path to recovery (Hansson, Remondet, & Galusha, 1993; Lopata,...

The social and nutritional meaning of food sharing among older rural adults.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Food serves both biological and social purposes in human societies (Quandt, 1999). Biologically, food provides raw materials and chemical cofactors needed for growth and development, as well as health promotion, disease...

Covenants of care: The symbols of community support for elders in the all-black towns of Oklahoma(*).
June 1, 2001... 1. Introduction The general thesis of this article is that there exist within the all-black towns of Oklahoma, town-based community covenants of self-help, support, and service. The existence of these covenants can be identified through a...

Interdependency in immigrant mother--daughter relationships.
June 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Interdependency is a key value promoted within Asian cultures (Yatabe, Koseki, & Braun, 1996). Within immigrant Asian families, interdependency is likely to be affected by social geography or the way a physical geography is...

Respite reconsidered A typology of meanings based on the caregiver's point of view.(respite care)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... 1. Introduction In industrialized countries with universal medicare, health care reform has been popular throughout the 1990s. The new vision for an appropriate and comprehensive health care system emphasizes unpaid, informal caregiving...