The elderly in America : volunteerism and neighborhood in Seattle / Harley Carl Schreck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schreck, Harley Carl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Volunteer Chore Ministry (Seattle, Wash.).

Voluntarism--Washington (State)--Seattle--Case studies.

Voluntarism.

Older people--Services for--Washington (State)--Seattle--Case studies.

Older people.

Frail older people--Services for--Washington (State)--Seattle--Case studies.

Frail older people.

Church charities--Washington (State)--Seattle--Case studies.

Church charities.

Community organization--Washington (State)--Seattle--Case studies.

Community organization.

Frail older people--Services for.

Older people--Services for.

Washington (State)--Seattle.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

138 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 1996.

Summary:

This book studies issues involving community work with the elderly and urban life. The book is based on seventeen months of intensive ethnographic fieldwork with the Volunteer Chore Ministry in King County, Washington. Because the research is carried out in a complex environment, it is quite similar to urban anthropology. Anthropoglogical study techniques include participant observation, as well as taking intake calls for the volunteer organization, organizing volunteer services, participating in staff meetings, and interviewing volunteers or staff members. Four primary phases comprised the research: understanding the basic structure and functioning of Volunteer Chore Ministry; understanding the structure and functioning of Volunteer Chore Ministry at the local church level; through a questionnaire, learning more about volunteer traits, views toward volunteer work, and interchanges between volunteers and clients; and, finally, through interviews, concentrating on volunteer-client intercommunication.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-136) and index.

ISBN:

0761802533

0761802541

OCLC:

33948844