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 quali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weil, Joyce
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Senior centers > New York (State)
Senior centers > United States.
Baby boom generation > New York (State) > Service for.
Baby boom generation > United States > Service for.
Older people > Services for > New York (State)
Older people > Services for > United States.
Centres communautaires pour personnes âgées > New York (État)
Centres communautaires pour personnes âgées > États-Unis.
Personnes âgées > Services > New York (État)
Personnes âgées > Services > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Older people > Services for
Senior centers
New York (State)
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The History of Senior Centers
  • 2. The Case of the Center before Shuttering
  • 3. Reconstructing Shuttering in a Larger Social Context
  • 4. The Case of the Center as It Is Shuttered
  • 5. The Organizational Embeddedness of Capital
  • 6. Poor Centers
  • 7. Reconceptualizing Centers
  • 8. Beyond Rebranding
  • Appendix A. Self-Reflection
  • Appendix B: Methods
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author.

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