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Being an Older Woman: A Study in the Social Production of Identity

by Isabella Paoletti. 94 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Isabella Paoletti

Publisher:

   Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Place of Publication:

  Mahwah, NJ  

Publication Year:

  1998
Subjects:   Aged Women--Psychology, Day Care Centers For The Aged--Psychological Aspects, Women--Identity
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Being an Older Woman: A Study in the Social Production of Identity
Book by Isabella Paoletti; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998
Subjects: Aged Women--Psychology, Day Care Centers For The Aged--Psychological Aspects, Women--Identity
...1. Aged women -- Psychology. 2. Day care centers for the aged -- Psychological aspects. 3. Women -- Identity I. Title...over 90 years. Older women, although they were...countries. Moreover, the women were interviewed by...
2.
Last Home for the Aged
Book by Sheldon S. Tobin, Morton A. Lieberman; Jossey-Bass, 1976
Subjects: Aged--Psychology, Old Age Homes--Psychological Aspects
...Webb 1959 compared aged male veterans in VA domiciliary...Pan 1948 compared 116 women over 60 years of age living...predominantly foreign- born, widowed women who lived alone but who had...the whole, even the very aged who live in the community...
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Senior Centers: Opportunities for Successful Aging
Book by Beverly A. Beisgen, Marilyn Crouch Kraitchman; Springer, 2003
Subjects: Aged--Recreation--United States, Aged--Services For--United States, Aged--Societies And Clubs--United States, Day Care Centers For The Aged--United States
...training, and resources to professionals concerned with all aspects of aging. Gerontological Society of America 1030 15th...Washington, DC 20005 202-842-1275 http://www.geron.org/ The Gerontological Society of America promotes interdisciplinary...s zuill. This is the reason Eddie gave me recently for being a home-delivered-meal volunteer. For 10 years...await and look forward to the meal and the visitor each day. They need the food to sustain the physical body as well...As all the volunteers will tell you, they genuinely care about the people they visit and the homebound person...opportunities. Older Ameri- cans Act programs, including senior centers, largely depend upon the efforts of half a million volunteers...and 46% of Hispanics vol- unteered, while 43% of people aged 75 and over reported volunteering. As the level of education...
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The Art of Midlife: Courage and Creative Living for Women
Book by Linda N. Edelstein; Bergin & Garvey Trade, 1999
Subjects: Aging--Psychological Aspects, Middle Aged Women--Attitudes, Middle Aged Women--Psychology, Self-Actualization (Psychology)
...us and old age is gone. Mature adulthood has negative aspects because it means the decline of the generation that has gone before us, the...taught us and provided guidance. Many women assume the care of aging or ill parents during the middle years, and...but we feel not-young. Simone de Beauvoir wrote, "One day I said to myself, Im forty. By the time I recovered...resuscitate them one more time. Midlife offers compensation for the losses we experience see Figure 4 . In each cluster...middle-class men and women, it was the group of working, middle-aged women who remained engaged in life, showed the most...be made or crisis to be mastered. Accomplishing the psychological work of each stage allows us to go successfully to the...
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Children at Home and in Day Care
Book by K. Alison Clarke-Stewart, Irvine Christian P. Gruber, Linda May Fitzgerald; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1994
Subjects: Child Development, Child Psychology, Day Care Centers
...ISBN 0-8058-1484-1 c 1. Child development. 2. Child psychology. 3. Day-care cen ters. I. Gruber, Christian P., 1948...roles in this society. Since the mid-1960s, the number of women employed in jobs outside the home, including the mothers...
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Women at Midlife
Journal article by Sharon Mcquaide; Social Work, Vol. 43, 1998
Subjects: Aging--Psychological aspects, Menopause--Research, Middle aged women--Psychology and mental health, Midlife crisis--Research
...whereas low scorers were more likely to report freedom "from" (for example, menstruation, pregnancy, and appearance worries...that they most enjoyed doing things in a larger world beyond the family. All high scorers reported feeling their physical...self-forgiveness). Low scorers emphasized survival ("taking care of myself because no one else will," "I can appear in control...problems. Both high and low scorers saw the most important psychological needs at midlife as being valued, productive, loved, accepted...
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The Self-Rated Health of Women in Midlife: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study of a New Zealand Sample
Journal article by Susan Keller-Olaman, Sheila Williams, Robert Knight, Rob Mcgee; New Zealand Journal of Psychology, Vol. 33, 2004
Subjects: Middle aged women--Health aspects, Women's health--Case studies
...status. Only 90 women reported care giving, however, and the age of the women (mean age 47 years) undoubtedly influenced...to the women in this study. The relative influence of psychological well-being is stronger than observed in other self-rated...however, we recommend that future health improvement efforts for women strive to enhance psychological well-being. Mental...Organization (WHO, 2000) has placed increased emphasis upon aspects of womens mental health, primarily due to their increased...C., amp; Porteous, J. (2002). Experiences of family care giving among middle-aged Australian women. Feminism and Psychology, 12, 79-96...
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Mental Health and Well-Being of Black Women: Toward Strategies of Empowerment
Journal article by Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, Diana Fuery; American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 22, 1994
Subjects: African American women--Psychology and mental health, Community psychology--Research
...status is perceived as positive and beneficial, e.g., the stereotype of the Black woman as strong (cf. Epstein...networks, and be more likely to seek professional help for psychological problems. Although these patterns emerge from a variety...delivery patterns, community relations, and continuum of care systems (Isaacs, 1986). To serve Black women more effectively, community mental health centers need more outreach programs, more flexible schedules...1989). The incidence of extended households among middle-aged Black and white women. Journal of Family Issues, 10, 147-168...
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Hormone Replacement Therapy and Everyday Memory in Mid-Aged New Zealand Women
Journal article by Christine Stephens, Yolande M. Hamilton, Nancy A. Pachana; New Zealand Journal of Psychology, Vol. 32, 2003
Subjects: Hormone therapy--Physiological aspects, Hormone therapy--Research, Memory, Disorders of--Causes of, Memory, Disorders of--Research, Middle aged women--Health aspects
...design, comparing a sample of New Zealand women who were either HRT users or HRT non-users...of everyday memory on a sample of mid-aged women was evaluated. First, the mean scores...Behavioural Memory Test. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 28 (2), 118-123. Gibson, S.J. (1997...
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Sexuality of Canadian Women at Midlife
Journal article by Julie Fraser, Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Lisa Smylie; The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol. 13, 2004
Subjects: Middle aged women--Health aspects, Sex (Psychology), Sexuality, Women--Sexual behavior
...Sexuality Culture, 8, 104-131. Hawton, K., Gath, D., Day, A. (1994). Sexual function in a community sample of middle-aged women with partners: Effects of age, marital, socioeconomic...1999). An evaluation of a health education intervention for mid-aged women: Five year follow-up of effects upon knowledge...of Women Quarterly, 22, 285-303. Kingsberg, S.A. (2002). The impact of aging on sexual function in women and their partners...England: Penguin Press. Welner, S.L. (1997). Gynecologic care and sexuality issues for women with disabilities. Sexuality...
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...free government-run nursery school system for children aged three and over that is very similar to Frances. It also has a network, like other European countries, for providing referrals and public subsidies to day care centers that cater to younger children. A typical Belgian center will be staffed by aides with the equivalent of a vocational high school diploma, and the...David Popenoe asserts that "childrearing is one of those aspects of human society that is not subject to improvement through...
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Socialized Motherhood: As Easy as ABC
Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 40, May 13, 1988
Subjects: Act for Better Child Care (draft), Belsky, Jay--Research, Child care tax credits--Laws, regulations and rules, Day care centers--Psychological aspects, Federal aid to day care centers--Laws, regulations and rules
...spontaneous outpouring of mail from outraged citizens, mostly women. On December 9, 1971, Richard Nixon vetoed the Mondale bill...with Children, calls for a tax credit of $750 for each child aged five or under. Low-income families would receive an earned-income...
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Nursery Education: More Scary Toddler Tales
Magazine article by Viv Groskop; New Statesman, Vol. 137, January 14, 2008
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...was within the normal parameters of aggression for their age group. And what did these monstrous, parent-deprived children--aged four and five--do in the latest study? They argued, fought, acted impulsively and disturbed classroom activities. A five-year-old...
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Taking a Bite out of the Sandwich Generation
Magazine article by Tom Anderson; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 128, November 1999
Subjects: Aged parents--Care and treatment, Aged--Care and treatment, Child rearing--Psychological aspects, Elderly parents--Care and treatment, Elderly--Care and treatment
...aging parents from a distance, you dont have to do it alone. There are many resources available, including: Senior centers. Not to be confused with nursing homes or retirement facilities, these are places where seniors can go during the day to socialize, exercise, and have a good time. Many offer extensive programs of activities, including guest speakers, dances and parties, organized book/discussion groups, and outings to museums, shows, sporting events, etc. Dependent care counseling. Some employee health benefit plans come with telephone access to counselors who can assist you with issues involving caring for your aging parents. These counselors can often provide referrals to experts who can help you with needs as diverse as...
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Live and Let Dye
Magazine article by Laura B. Randolph; Ebony, Vol. 50, April 1995
Subjects: Aging--Social aspects, Gray hair--Psychological aspects, Middle aged women--Psychology and mental health
...completely of my own doing. As any woman over 30 can tell you, we live in a society so obsessed with youth that it tells women every day in thousands of ways, both large and small, that if they are not young (read: 22), they are not beautiful, not...
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We Were So Poor, but It Gave Us a Sense of Values; Women of the Millennium I AM PROUD TO BE WELSH, BUT OUR IDENTITY IS SLIPPING AWAY
Newspaper article by Paul Callan; The Mirror (London, England), January 10, 2000
...Gave Us a Sense of Values; Women of the Millennium I AM PROUD...already. What good is all that for Wales? Im so proud to be...and costs are going up all the time. I think were losing...speaking Welsh. I suppose one day it will vanish altogether...
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Catholic Women Seek Identity for Their Orders
Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, January 11, 1997
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Woman Convicted of Identity Theft
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...sentencing. A jury of six men and six women found her guilty of stealing more...into accounts Antoine established for herself, or converted the funds into pre-paid debit cards...did not testify during the three-day trial, and her attorneys did not...
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