Caresharing: hiding frailty in a Florida retirement community.
This paper presents research findings generated from a study of the structure of a "caresharing system" for the elderly who reside in a Florida retirement community during the last decade of the twentieth century. A caresharing system is a combination of strategies employed in order to maximize pleasure and minimize losses that might otherwise be associated with communal and individual aging processes. In this instance, the caresharing system entailed a series of conscious efforts to hide frailty in the community. Consequences of such caresharing systems and implications for future retirement communities are discussed.
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington 28403-3297, USA. covane@uncwil.edu
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000523:psychology*; D016852:Housing for the Elderly / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires