Black aged
Subtitle: understanding diversity and service needs
By: Zev Harel, Edward A. McKinney, Michael Williams, editors.
Contributors: Harel, Zev.; McKinney, Edward A.; Williams, Michael, 1952-; National Council on the Aging.; Cleveland State University.
Series: Sage focus editions
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Newbury Park, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Brown, Anna V., d. 1985 -- Congresses; Older African Americans -- Services for -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Increasingly we understand that no ethnic community is monolithic but shows a great degree of diversity in demographics, class and socio-economic status. This volume demonstrates this in its focus on the black ageing community, showing how these diversities have enormous implications for social services, social programmes and social policy. In these twelve informative, incisive essays, the state of America's black aged is assessed and policies and programmes analyzed. The authors point to the importance of gearing services to a diverse group of elderly people. They also highlight how traditional racism and economic limitations impact on service needs and uses. Finally, they note the importance of family, church and other informal support networks in the black community as a substitute for or supplement to more formally-delivered services. Written by some of the best known scholars and professionals in the field of gerontology, the essays in this book will be required reading for all those delivering services to minority aged clients.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Papers from the conference, Understanding and Serving the Black Aged, held in 1987 and sponsored primarily by the National Council on Aging and Cleveland State University in honor of Anna V. Brown.
"Published in cooperation with the National Council on the Aging, Inc."