1st Edition
Urban Youth and the Frail Elderly Reciprocal Giving and Receiving
By Doris Schindler
Copyright 1996
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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There are two groups of urban residents who, although quite unlike each other, can complement each others' needs. They are the frail elderly and low-income teenagers. This study is about Project MAIN: The frail elderly need help with grocery shopping, and low-income teenagers need an income-generating jobs program so that they may earn some money. The matching of needs in Project Main was an attempt to coordinate disparate community demographics in a mutually beneficial way
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Review of the Literature Chapter 3: Intergenerational Programs Chapter 4: Methodology Chapter 5: The Pilot Phase of Project MAIN Chapter 6: Demonstration Project Chapter 7: Analysis Chapter 8: Conclusions
Biography
Doris Schindler