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Quality of Life Satisfaction Among Black Women 75 Years and Older.
Quality of Life Satisfaction Among Black Women 75 Years and Older.
- Source :
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Journal of Gerontological Social Work . 2000, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p63-80. 18p. 1 Chart, 5 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- The article presents a study that examined the living conditions and analyzed the determinants of quality of life satisfaction among 59 Black women 75 years and older. The contextual framework of this study provide for a structure within which to examine some of the everyday issues and characteristics that contribute to life quality satisfaction for the elderly as well as the order of their importance to the subjects of this study. This framework also challenges existing policies that govern how the elderly deal with the issues of aging. This framework directly connects study findings to policy recommendations. This study sought to test the following two hypotheses: one, among African American women 75 years of age and older, satisfaction with quality of life is positively and significantly correlated with being embedded in a particularly ordered, familial and social support network, and two, physical independence and personal safety is positively and significantly associated with quality of life satisfaction. These hypothetical assumptions are based on the theoretical approaches of social phenomenology and political economy that provide the study's contextual framework. The findings indicate that satisfaction with quality of life is significantly associated with belonging to a family and social support network that includes church, as well as maintaining physical health independence and personal safety. These findings hold implications for the design of social work services to the Black middle-income elderly as well for future development of public policy that focuses on providing effective help for older Americans in all their diversity.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01634372
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4124796
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1300/J083v34n01_05