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In der alternswissenschaftlichen und alternspolitischen Vortragsreihe des Deutschen Zentrums für Altersfragen (DZA), Berlin, wird Prof. Dr. Theo van Tilburg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences) am 14.04.2005 um 17:30 zum Thema "Older adults' kin and friendship networks in individual and historical time perspective: Findings from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam" referieren.
Ort:
Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA)
Großer Sitzungsraum, 3. OG
Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 2
D-12101 Berlin
U-Bahnlinie U6, Haltestelle "Platz der Luftbrücke"
(Flughafen Tempelhof)
Buslinien: 104, 184, 341
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.
http://www.dza.de/allgemein/vortrag/vortrag.html - Programm der Vortragsreihe
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