[This paper was originally published in Health Care for Women International, 19:423439, 1998 and is reprinted here with the kind permission of the publisher, Taylor & Francis.] Eleanor Krassen Covan, PhD Abstract This paper presents research findings generated from a study of the structure of a caresharing system for the elderly who reside in a Florida retirement community during the last decade of the twentieth century. A caresharing system is a combination of strategies employed in order to maximize pleasure and minimize losses that might otherwise be associated...
