Surviving Dependence: Voices of African American Elders

by Mary M. Ball and Frank Whittington

To date there has not been a clear look at the home care experience of older African Americans. Surviving Dependence: Voices of African American Elders attempts to meet the need for recording and interpreting the ordinary life of elderly African Americans on their own terms, in their own surroundings, and in so far as possible, in their own words. Ball and Whittington's research is unique in two ways: it focuses on older people who are African...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895031256
• ISBN13: 9780895031259
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"