Aging in Soviet Georgia: A Toast to Sweet Old Age
- 1988 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- vhs
- Provides an in-depth look at the culture and experience of normal aging in Soviet Georgia. Focuses on an elderly widow in a multi-generational urban household and an aged couple living on a small farmstead in the Caucasus. The Georgian elderly enjoy a high status and continued productive involvement in their communities and families. Shows that provisions are made when families are not able to provide homes for their elders. Includes discussion with Maggie Kuhn and Richard Ham on the relevance of this program to aging issues in our society.
- Topics: (Anthropology, Family Life, Gerontology)
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