Building Supportive Ties and Sense of Community among the Inner-City Elderly: The Tenderloin Senior Outreach Project.

Minkler, Meredith

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Publication Date: 1985

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Building Supportive Ties and Sense of Community among the Inner-City Elderly: The Tenderloin Senior Outreach Project.

Minkler, Meredith

Health Education Quarterly, v12 n4 p303-14 Win 1985

An overview of the Tenderloin Senior Outreach Project (TSOP) in San Francisco is presented. The Project's theoretical base is described, followed by a brief account of TSOP'S genesis and growth from an informal university-sponsored project to a privately incorporated community-based organization. Examples of individual and community empowerment through TSOP are presented. (Author/CT)

Descriptors: Community Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Inner City, Leadership Training, Nutrition, Older Adults, Social Planning, Social Support Groups

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Language: English

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