Invisible Lives: Social Worlds of the Aged

by David R. Unruh

Unruh applies the concept of the social world to the understanding of the social integration of older people. Social worlds are shared sets of perceptions, of which membership is very informal. The social life of older people in the art world, for example, often goes unseen by social workers and researchers. Unruh systematically explores the uses made by older people of social worlds and considers how the helping professions can use the concept to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803919557
• ISBN13: 9780803919556
• Release Date: April 1983
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.