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Identification and fulfillment of needs of the elderly on Skye, Scotland: a social network analysis
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1984 • Pages:
By: Lowenberg, Carla Yvonne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is an exploration of the needs of the elderly population of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides. The author examines the social networks of the elderly in terms of their residence patterns, the number and proximity of their kin, their knowledge of available socio-medical services, and the influence of emigration and urbanization of the nature of these networks. Throughout the monograph, Lowenberg discusses her findings with respect to their implications for social planning to meet the needs of the elderly in Scotland.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Composition of population
- Internal migration
- External migration
- Social relationships and groups
- Old age dependency
- Activities of the aged
- Status and treatment of the aged
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Scots
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- David Sherwood ; M. Martin
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Carla Yvonne Lowenberg
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Kentucky, Lexington, 1974
- UM 75-18,492
- Bibliography: p. 160
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Highlands (Scotland)