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Peer reviewedBlake, Brian F.; Lawton, M. Powell – Educational Gerontology, 1980
Perceived community function (PCF) provides a model for assessing the role of environmental attributes in individual well-being. Subjects over 60 viewed health and nutritional programs as maintenance functions, while turning to senior centers for both maintenance and recreation. Delivery systems must consider the different expectations of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Role, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Download full textBlake, Brian F.; Donnermeyer, Joseph F. – 1979
Two empirical studies were conducted in Indiana to ascertain the types of contributions residents of small towns and rural areas feel their community can perform for their subjective well being and to determine the degree to which these contributions are comparable among elderly and younger rural and urban residents. An "individual level…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Community Characteristics, Community Satisfaction
