This edited volume examines the social networks of older people
in nine countries from a range of perspectives in order to
determine the potential of informal support structures to deliver
the bulk of care in today's society. Researchers from the United
States, Canada, England and Wales, France, Spain, the Netherlands,
Sweden, Finland, and Israel present up-to-date analyses of support
networks in each of their countries. The social policy implications
of the comparative data are critically reviewed. The findings
clearly suggest that social network availability is diminishing for
a significant minority of elderly people. However, current practice
in most countries reveals little purposive interweaving of formal
services and informal networks, in order to strengthen the function
of the latter and to prolong their presumed benefits.
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