The New Neighborhood Senior Center: Redefining Social and Service Roles for the Baby Boom Generation
Joyce Weil
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Description for The New Neighborhood Senior Center: Redefining Social and Service Roles for the Baby Boom Generation
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In 2011, seven thousand American “baby boomers” (those born between 1946 and 1964) turned sixty-five daily. As this largest U.S. generation ages, cities, municipalities, and governments at every level must grapple with the allocation of resources and funding for maintaining the quality of life, health, and standard of living for an aging population.
In The New Neighborhood Senior Center, Joyce Weil uses in-depth ethnographic methods to examine a working-class senior center in Queens, New York. She explores the ways in which social structure directly affects the lives of older Americans and traces the role of political, social, and economic institutions and ... Read more
In 2011, seven thousand American “baby boomers” (those born between 1946 and 1964) turned sixty-five daily. As this largest U.S. generation ages, cities, municipalities, and governments at every level must grapple with the allocation of resources and funding for maintaining the quality of life, health, and standard of living for an aging population.
In The New Neighborhood Senior Center, Joyce Weil uses in-depth ethnographic methods to examine a working-class senior center in Queens, New York. She explores the ways in which social structure directly affects the lives of older Americans and traces the role of political, social, and economic institutions and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813562957
SKU
V9780813562957
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Ref
99-1
About Joyce Weil
JOYCE WEIL is an assistant professor of gerontology at the University of Northern Colorado.
Reviews for The New Neighborhood Senior Center: Redefining Social and Service Roles for the Baby Boom Generation
"Weil asks interesting questions about structure and agency in relation to senior centers—particularly so in a time when delivery of services to older adults is changing. Her senior center is an important focal point for looking at the larger issues around funding, services, community, and the social connections of elders."
Meika Loe
author of Aging Our Way: Lessons for ... Read more
Meika Loe
author of Aging Our Way: Lessons for ... Read more