SHARING AND PRIVACY IN SHARED HOUSING FOR OLDER PEOPLE (GROUP HOME, WOMEN, LIVING ARRANGEMENT, AGING).
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Title
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SHARING AND PRIVACY IN SHARED HOUSING FOR OLDER PEOPLE (GROUP HOME, WOMEN, LIVING ARRANGEMENT, AGING).
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Identifier
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AAI8515671
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identifier
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8515671
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Creator
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WEST, SHEREE L.
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Contributor
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Maxine Wolfe
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Date
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1985
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Gerontology
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Abstract
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Small-scale shared housing is a new living option that offers the rapidly growing population of older people security, companionship, economy and modest services in a domestic community setting. However, prospective residents are often concerned about compromises of privacy, and ability to share in such households. This research investigated multiple functions of privacy (including autonomy control of social interactions, information, environment; solitude intimacy, role release, identity supports, and status), as well as strategies for sharing the environment, household tasks, decision-making and social sharing. Nineteen shared households for elderly were studied in eight sites around the U.S. sponsored by non-profit community service organizations. Ninety-seven residents age 54 to 95 were interviewed, using open-ended qualitative and scaled questions. Settings were urban rowhouses, suburban ranch homes, old mansions, garden and high-rise apartments.;A substantial majority of residents believed they could have adequate privacy and a private life. Three important themes of privacy involve protecting freedom and autonomy, defining and regulating social boundaries, and validating individual identity and status.;Most social sharing occurs as casual associations in the process of residents' daily activities. Environmental props, household tasks, planning/decision-making, and opportunities to contribute personal skills and possessions can facilitate sharing among residents.;Residents' sense of feeling at home, and other measures of satisfaction with the living arrangement were significantly related to satisfaction with privacy, availability of functions of privacy, to satisfaction with different types of sharing (social, environmental, household tasks, decision-making) and to rating procedures for sharing as clear and fair. Environmental type, group/household size, and level of service were related to satifaction with sharing, privacy, and the living arrangement.;Personal, social, environmental, and organizational strategies for the support of privacy and positive sharing were identified. Recommendations were made for architectural features and program design to facilitate processes of sharing and privacy.;In terms of housing and long-term care policy, the data include that shared housing can provide a positive solution to older persons' housing, security, and service needs in a manner that protects privacy and provides companionship.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
