Invisible Lives: Social Worlds of the AgedUnruh applies the concept of the social world to the understanding of the social integration of older people. Social worlds are shared sets of perceptions, of which membership is very informal. The social life of older people in the art world, for example, often goes unseen by social workers and researchers. Unruh systematically explores the uses made by older people of social worlds and considers how the helping professions can use the concept to help older clients. Based on interviews with 40 older people, the book maintains a human and practical perspective while considering theoretical and research issues for gerontologists. It is the first systematic review of its subject. |
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
Social Integration in Old Age | 21 |
Social Worlds in Aging Lives | 47 |
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age-mixed aged in social aging lives Anselm Strauss art world auto racing ballroom dancing become bicycling world bicyclist bowling Center Vol changes collecting commitment concerns context created dancers deeply integrated elderly engaged Erma Martin evaluation everyday example experiences factors Figure focus focused formal organizations forms of social friends Gerontologist gerontology gleaners gleaning world Henry Farley identities implies important insiders integrating activities integration into social interest groups invisible lives John Weston kinds knowledge linking devices located Lofland Lucy Anderson membership ment move networks noted old age older people interviewed older people involved orientation past personal meaning regulars relationships relevance represent Robert and Sarah role route Sarah Peterson senior center social integration social involvements social organization social organizational forms social types social world involvement Sociology specific social worlds square dancing stamp collecting stance strangers subworlds tend territorial communities Thomas Harding tion tourists various social worlds voluntary associations