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    612-822-4611

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The Information World of Retired Women

The Information World of Retired Women

Chatman, Elfreda A.

Hardcover

Series: New Directions in Information Management

Aging & Elder CareGeneral ReferenceWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0313254923
ISBN13: 9780313254925
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Sep 17 1992
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Using the profiles of women living in a retirement community, the author explores the information and social worlds of aging women. The focus of the study is the effects of aging on help-seeking behaviors. The author examines ways in which older women search for information; she found several areas of need, including failing health, financial concerns, and loneliness. For many of the women, death was not a problematic area. The author also discovered that the most critical areas of need were not shared with others. In fact, the residents chose to conceal the most dire needs for assistance. Surprisingly, the retirement community played a major role in this process.

The relationships between help-seeking behaviors and information policy is extensively discussed. The role that information professionals can play in bringing information to populations such as the one examined here adds insight to the studies of information use and user needs.

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