Uprooted In Old Age, Vol. 25 »

HOWARD LITWIN, Associate Professor, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has written at length about social networks, community-based social work, and issues in social gerontology. He is coauthor of Resolving Grievances in the Nursing Home (1984) and coeditor of Community and Cooperatives in Participatory Development (1986).

Unique linkage of first-hand empirical research with practical suggestions for social networking to support elderly immigrants.

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Examines the context and consequences of the immigration of elderly Jews of all stations from a wide range of Soviet republics during the migration wave of 1989-91; illuminates and compares their social networks before and after immigration and how those networks relate to the immigrant's well being; and explores the potential for effective intervention with the social networks of elderly immigrants to improve the quality of their lives. Based on interviews with about 250 people in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and two towns in southern Israel. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)