1st Edition
Surviving Dependence Voices of African American Elders
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
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To date there has not been a clear look at the home care experience of older African Americans. "Surviving Dependence: Voices of African American Elders" attempts to meet the need for recording and interpreting the ordinary life of elderly African Americans on their own terms, in their own surroundings, and in so far as possible, in their own words. Ball and Whittington's research is unique in... Read more
Dedication
Preface Frank J. Whittington
Acknowledgements
Introduction Mary M. Ball
Part I: The Context of Care •Meeting the Participants
•Abilities and Disabilities
•Health Care Practices
•Social Worlds
Part II: The Informal Care Experience •Family and Friends
•The Dilemma of Dependency
•Bargaining for Care
Part III: The Formal Care Experience •The Role of Formal Care
•Quality of Care The Client's Reality
•Someone to Come By: The Social Component of Formal Care
•Making the Client Role
Part IV: Conclusion •What Does It Mean?
•Epilogue
•Author Index
•Subject Index
Biography
Mary M Ball (Author) , Frank J Whittington (Author)
