The Information World of Retired Women

by Elfreda A. Chatman

Using the profiles of women living in a retirement community, the author explores the information and social worlds of aging women. The focus of the study is the effects of aging on help-seeking behaviors. The author examines ways in which older women search for information; she found several areas of need, including failing health, financial concerns, and loneliness. For many of the women, death was not a problematic area. The author also discovered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313254923
• ISBN13: 9780313254925
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"