Subjective Quality of Life and Perceived Adequacy of Social Support: From the Perspectives of elderly in Arbaminch Town, Ethiopia - Couverture souple

Kondale, Teshome; Tefera, Belay

 
9783659382017: Subjective Quality of Life and Perceived Adequacy of Social Support: From the Perspectives of elderly in Arbaminch Town, Ethiopia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659382019 ISBN 13 : 9783659382017
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Many African countries, the elderly are the sources of wisdom, the guardians of the mysteries and the laws in which the cultural heritage of communities is expressed. The common African adage beautifully expresses this idea, “If an African elderly dies, it is a library that burns”. Particularly in Ethiopian culture, there is a broad range of behavior that really shows the elderly is indeed valued including children’s respect, obedience, loyalty, material provision, and physical care to parents. However, in more recent years, Ethiopia’s elderly seem to have come rather marginalized a great deal particularly in the cities (HelpAge, 2001) possibly because of changes in the value systems, shifts in the dominant source of knowledge from the old to the young persons, retirement that displaces the elderly to a state of economic dependency, expansion of urbanization with a culture of its own, influence of the western culture that values youthfulness and so on.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Many African countries, the elderly are the sources of wisdom, the guardians of the mysteries and the laws in which the cultural heritage of communities is expressed. The common African adage beautifully expresses this idea, “If an African elderly dies, it is a library that burns”. Particularly in Ethiopian culture, there is a broad range of behavior that really shows the elderly is indeed valued including children’s respect, obedience, loyalty, material provision, and physical care to parents. However, in more recent years, Ethiopia’s elderly seem to have come rather marginalized a great deal particularly in the cities (HelpAge, 2001) possibly because of changes in the value systems, shifts in the dominant source of knowledge from the old to the young persons, retirement that displaces the elderly to a state of economic dependency, expansion of urbanization with a culture of its own, influence of the western culture that values youthfulness and so on.

Biographie de l'auteur

Teshome Kondale Gurara Teshome kondale, Born and Grown at yirgalem. I have been working as a lecturer and researcher since sempteber 2007 in Arbaminch college of Teacher Education, Arbaminch, Ethiopia. Key qualifications BA in psychology and MA in developmental psychology from Addis Ababa University

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659382019
ISBN 13 
9783659382017
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
68
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