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Book SynopsisThroughout, the authors focus on the diverging influences of social integration and its converse, social isolation, in later life.
Trade ReviewPillemer and colleagues, in their excellent review of social integration at the threshold of the 21st century, document the problems of mid-lifers and elders as they seek social integration, that is, a life with people. Gerontologist Karl Pillemer, Phyllis Moen, Elaine Wethington, and Nina Glasgow succeed admirably in giving social integration a contemporary focus using a life-course perspective that emphasizes institutional context, linked lives, and processes of development and change. They should be congratulated on this insightful volume integrating theory and research on social integration and the larger issue of successful aging. Researchers and practitioners alike will find this clearly written and well-organized book a very useful reference. Moreover, it could be used in graduate courses in gerontology because of its content and focus or in research methods for its excellent examples of sociological research. -- Jennifer Crew Solomon Contemporary Sociology This edited volume contains an excellent collection of contributions that not only take a more careful look at social integration in aging, but consider practical means of enhancing the integration process. Health and Age
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
Part I: Overview of Major Issues and Approaches
Chapter 1. Social Integration and Aging: Background and Trends
Chapter 2. Multiple Roles, Social Integration, and Health
Part II: Social Integration in Major Domains of Later Life
Chapter 3. A Life-Course Approach to Retirement and Social Integration
Chapter 4. Transportation Transitions and Social Integration of Nonmetropolitan Older Persons
Chapter 5. Social Integration and Family Support: Caregivers to Persons with Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 6. Future Housing Expectations in Late Midlife: The Role of Retirement, Gender, and Social Integration
Chapter 7. Neighboring as a Form of Social Integration and Support
Chapter 8. Social Integration and the Move to a Continuing Care Retirement Community
Part III: Interventions to Promote Social Integration in Later Life
Chapter 9. An Intervention to Improve Transportation Arrangements
Chapter 10. Fostering Integration: A Case Study of the Cornell Retirees Volunteering in Service (CRVIS) Program
Chapter 11. Peer Support for Alzheimer's Caregivers: Lessons from an Intervention Study
Chapter 12. Closing Thoughts and Future Directions
Author Index
Subject Index
