The New Neighborhood Senior Center : : Redefining Social and Service Roles for the Baby Boom Generation / / Joyce Weil.
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 quality of...
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Weil, Joyce, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The New Neighborhood Senior Center : Redefining Social and Service Roles for the Baby Boom Generation / Joyce Weil. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (256 p.) : 4 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Shuttered -- 1. The History of Senior Centers: The Rise of the Center Movement and How Centers Form Spatial Identity -- 2. The Case of the Center before Shuttering: The Daily Life of the Center -- 3. Reconstructing Shuttering in a Larger Social Context: Political and Media Accounts -- 4. The Case of the Center as It Is Shuttered: Larger Changes Hit the Center -- 5. The Organizational Embeddedness of Capital: Being Saved and Being Sunk -- 6. Poor Centers: The Politics of Age and Class in the Neighborhood Context -- 7. Reconceptualizing Centers: The Baby Boomers and Their Perceived Needs -- 8. Beyond Rebranding: Building a Sustainable Core -- Appendix A: Self-Reflection: My Experience in the Field -- Appendix B: Methods -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 quality of life, health, and standard of living for an aging population. In The New Neighborhood Senior Center, Joyce Weil uses in-depth ethnographic methods to examine a working-class senior center in Queens, New York. She explores the ways in which social structure directly affects the lives of older Americans and traces the role of political, social, and economic institutions and neighborhood processes in the decision to close such centers throughout the city of New York. Many policy makers and gerontologists advocate a concept of "aging in place," whereby the communities in which these older residents live provide access to resources that foster and maintain their independence. But all "aging in place" is not equal and the success of such efforts depends heavily upon the social class and availability of resources in any given community. Senior centers, expanded in part by funding from federal programs in the 1970s, were designed as focal points in the provision of community-based services. However, for the first wave of "boomers," the role of these centers has come to be questioned. Declining government support has led to the closings of many centers, even as the remaining centers are beginning to "rebrand" to attract the boomer generation. However, The New Neighborhood Senior Centerdemonstrates the need to balance what the boomers' want from centers with the needs of frailer or more vulnerable elders who rely on the services of senior centers on a daily basis. Weil challenges readers to consider what changes in social policies are needed to support or supplement senior centers and the functions they serve. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Baby boom generation Service for New York (State) Baby boom generation Service for United States. Baby boom generation Services for New York (State). Baby boom generation Services for United States. Baby boom generation New York (State) Service for. Baby boom generation United States Service for. Older people Services for New York (State) Older people Services for New York (State). Older people Services for United States. Senior centers New York (State) Senior centers New York (State). Senior centers United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110666151 print 9780813562957 https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813562964 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813562964 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780813562964.jpg |
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