Journal of Aging Studies articles from March 2000

Journal of Aging Studies archives from March 2000

SENESCENCE, DECLINE, AND THE QUEST FOR A GOOD DEATH: Contemporary Dilemmas and Historical Antecedents.
March 1, 2000... On the whole, medical texts do not provide a satisfying answer to whether age is a disease or could be. (Spiro 1988) Where should we look to find the causes of and cure for aging? (Miller 1997) INTRODUCTION The troubled relationship...

RESEARCH ON HOME CARE UTILIZATION: A Critical Analysis of the Preeminent Approach.
March 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION In research on home care utilization, many researchers have employed epidemiologic methods (Benjamin 1992; Chappell 1994; Mullan 1993) to test the Andersen model of health service use (Aday and Andersen 1974; Andersen 1968;...

INJUSTICE AND CONFLICT IN NURSING HOMES: Toward Advocacy and Exchange.
March 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION This article will analyze and interpret the conflictual dynamics of nursing home life through the theoretical framework of power and dependence in social exchange. This sociopsychological model has been applied to a number...

"I SAW THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL": Shades of Meaning in Reasons for Early Retirement.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION Issues surrounding early retirement have gained public prominence in the last decades of the twentieth century. It has become almost axiomatic that concomitant with the increasing globalization of world market economies,...

WOMEN AND RETIREMENT: Relinquishing Professional Identity.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION In the early twentieth century, time spent in retirement was estimated at 7 percent of adulthood. Due to the drastic increase in life expectancy during the 20th century, older adults today can expect to spend 25 percent of...

THE "AGELESS SELF"? Emplacement of Identities in Sun Belt Retirement Communities.
March 1, 2000... Old age is particularly difficult to assume because we have always regarded it as something alien, a foreign species: "Can I have become a different being while I still remain myself?" (de Beauvoir 1972) INTRODUCTION A recurring...

DEFINITIONS OF FRIENDSHIP IN THE THIRD AGE: Age, Gender, and Study Location Effects.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION It has become a cliche to begin articles on friendship with a discussion of how its definition varies across individuals, as friendship is voluntary and not subject to as many institutional constraints as are family and...