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Direct linkWenger, G. Clare; Dykstra, Pearl A.; Melkas, Tuula; Knipscheer, Kees C. P. M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
This article focuses on the ways in which patterns of marriage and fertility shape older people's involvement in community groups and their support networks. The data are from Australia, Finland, Germany, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Findings show that childless older adults, regardless of…
Descriptors: Childlessness, Social Networks, Public Service, Older Adults
Peer reviewedFernandez-Ballesteros, R.; And Others – Evaluation Practice, 1991
Thirty-two facilities for the elderly in Spain were compared with 55 such facilities in the United States through a Spanish translation of the Multiphasic Environmental Assessment Procedure of R. Moos and S. Lemke (1979). Implications of program findings for facility improvement and methodology for international evaluation are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Institutional Environment
