The new neighborhood senior center : redefining social and service roles for the baby boom generation /

"In 2011, seven thousand American "baby boomers" (those born between 1946 and 1964) turned sixty-five daily. As this largest U.S. generation ages, cities, municipalities, and governments at every level must grapple with the allocation of resources and funding for maintaining the quali...

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Glavni avtor: Weil, Joyce (Author)
Format: Elektronski eKnjiga
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
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  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Shuttered1 The History of Senior Centers: The Rise of the Center Movement and How Centers Form Spatial Identity2 The Case of the Center before "Shuttering": The Daily Life of the Center3 The Case of the Center as It "Shutters"4 Reconstructing "Shuttering" in a Larger Social Context5 The Organizational Embeddedness of Capital: Being "Saved" and Being "Sunk"6 Poor Centers: The Politics of Age and Class in Neighborhood Context7 Reconceptualizing Centers: The Baby Boomers and Their Perceived Needs8 Beyond Rebranding: Using Policy to Building a Sustainable CoreAppendix A: Self-reflection: My Experience in the FieldAppendix B: Methods.