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Abstract:
The presentation addresses two related questions on developments of personal networks in old age. The first question is to what extent old people are isolated and whether their 'social world' shrinks in the aging process. Explanations are sought in the loss of social roles and in the loss of health. Because there are several partial networks with specific functions (children, other kin, friends, neighbors, other non-kin) the empirical findings will be presented for these networks specifically. The second question is whether current cohorts of older adults differ from previous cohorts with respect to the network composition and consequences in terms of loneliness. More specifically the hypothesis is that there is a decline of family functions and importance, while the network of friends has become more important in later cohorts.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
04/14/2005 17:30 - 04/14/2005 19:00
Event venue:
Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA)
Großer Sitzungsraum, 3. OG
Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 2
U-Bahnlinie U6, Haltestelle "Platz der Luftbrücke"
(Flughafen Tempelhof)
Buslinien: 104, 184, 341
12101 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Economics / business administration, Law, Medicine, Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Politics, Psychology, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
03/29/2005
Sender/author:
Dr. Andreas Motel-Klingebiel
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event13625
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