This article examines administrative correlates of senior center programs in Israel.
Ipresent interorganizational relationships, membership recruitment means, a staff
profile, and evaluation of programs for the elderly, using scales of selected
administrative functions and a measure of program scope. The data point to the
prevalence of the informal participatory social club character of most senior center
programs, as opposed to a more-formalized social agency format.
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