Self-Help Support Groups For Older Women: Rebuilding Elder Networks Through Personal Empowerment

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ISBN: 9781560324614 | 1560324619
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Copyright: 8/1/1997

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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. It provides scientific evidence to assess self-help programming for this group.

Acknowledgments

(2)

Contributors

xiii

(2)

Preface

1 Aging and the Older Woman

(14)

A Profile of Aging Women in the United States

(1)

Informal Supports and Living Arrangements

(3)

Physical and Mental Health

(2)

Labor Force Participation and Retirement

(2)

Economics

(2)

Ethnic and Racial Minorities

(3)

Conclusion

(1)

2 Informal Support Networks and Self-Help

(12)

Informal Support Networks

(1)

Support Systems and Minorities

(1)

Self-Help Groups as Social Support

(1)

Self-Help Groups

(9)

Conclusion

(1)

3 A Story of Empowerment: The Case of the SOWN Program

(10)

Merle Drake

Andrea D'Asaro

The Power of Group Membership

(1)

What Does SOWN Do?

(1)

SOWN's Self-Help Philosophy

(1)

Aging as a Women's Issue

(1)

Funding and Organization

(1)

Who Comes to SOWN?

(1)

Group Structure and Facilitation

(1)

The Volunteer Connection

(1)

Networking

(1)

The Power of Support Manual

(1)

Conclusion: The National Support Center and the Future

(3)

4 Characteristics of Older Women and Peer Facilitators in Self-Help Groups

(12)

How the Research Was Performed

(1)

The Approach to Collecting Information in the Philadelphia Area

(2)

Antecedents of the Project

(1)

The Qualitative Interviews

(1)

What Was Learned

(1)

A Demographic Profile of SOWN Group Members

(5)

A Demographic Profile of SOWN Group Facilitators

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

5 The Organization of Self-Help Group Programs

(14)

Organizational Profile of SOWN

(3)

Starting Up and Maintaining SOWN Groups

(2)

The SOWN Training Function

(1)

Description of a Typical SOWN Meeting

(6)

Conclusion

(2)

6 Patterns of Participation and the Personal Process of Group Self-Help

(12)

Involvement and Participation Patterns of Group Members

(4)

Quality of the Facilitators' Experience

(1)

Facilitator and Member Participation Patterns in Socialization Outside of the SOWN Meetings

(2)

Effects of Diversity on the Group

(1)

Older Women's Perceptions of Self-Help

(1)

Group Facilitators' Perceptions of the Leadership Role

(2)

Conclusion: Final Comments about the SOWN Experience

(1)

7 Impact of Self-Help Groups

(12)

Quality of the Group Experience

(4)

Benefits of the Group Experience for Members

(4)

SOWN's Effectiveness in Dealing with Facilitators' and Members' Major Life Changes

(1)

SOWN as a Meaningful Experience for the Older Woman

(1)

Conclusion

(2)

8 Self-Help Support Group Programs in the United States

(18)

The Approach to Collecting the Information

(2)

Findings from the National Survey

(1)

Characteristics of the Women Served

(1)

Group Strategies and Methods

(3)

Functions and Responsibilities of Group Leaders

(1)

Peer Facilitation Programs and Training

(3)

Content of Self-Help Group Sessions

(1)

Establishing Group Procedures

100

(3)

Conclusion

103

(2)

9 Issues and Practice Principles Arising from an Archetypal Self-Help Group

105

(12)

Instigating Factors in Group Formation

105

(1)

The Logistics of Group Development

106

(1)

Outreach and Marketing Strategies

107

(1)

Group Facilitation

108

(1)

The Development of Ground Rules

109

(6)

Conclusion

115

(2)

10 Recommendations for Promoting the Effectiveness of Self-Help Support Groups

117

(14)

Conclusions and Recommendations Drawn from the Philadelphia Analysis

117

(5)

Conclusions and Recommendations Drawn from the National Survey

122

(5)

Epilogue

127

(4)

References

131

(18)

Appendix A Techniques Used to Analyze Project Information and Determine Representativeness of Project Participants

141

(2)

Appendix B Where to Turn for Information

143

(6)

Index

149

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