Approximately 90 national or broadly based organizations that deal with the elderly in sponsoring programs that promote self-help practices and self-care. Alphabetical arrangement by organizations. Each entry gives organization name, address, telephone number, membership, description, periodicals, and other publications. Index.

First published in 1989. In an aging society, however, the challenge broadens to include health care and social support at home and in the community. The major premise of this book is that cost-conscious community care and self-care will become increasingly important as the era of cost containment intensifies.

Report on the impact of social change and technological change on older people in the USA - briefly describes population trends; discusses new health technology and the role of health services in prevention, after care and care of the aged; considers housing and living conditions and income generating activities and job adaptation to facilitate labour force participation of older workers, etc. Glossary, graphs, illustrations, references, statistical tables.

This work is based upon a research study whose purpose was to collect new information about the special benefits and drawbacks of formal organizations' efforts at social network building for older women. In it, a two-tiered investigation was carried out: a national review of a select group of model self-help support programmes for older women throughout the United States; and an in-depth community case study of a nationally recognized model program of self-help support groups, leadership training, networking and community outreach/education for older women. It provides the research-oriented reader with scientific evidence to assess the relative efficacy of self-help group programming.