Family Ties and Aging
ISBN: 9781412959575 | 1412959578
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 2/19/2009
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This advanced textbook covers issues of family ties and aging broadly, the goal being to provide an integrated and thorough representation of what we know from the current research. Whereas books on families and aging have traditionally focused on ties to a spouse and to children and grandchildren, Family Ties & Aging is more extensive and more reflective of contemporary society. The text includes groups and relationships that typically receive short shrift, exploring such neglected populations as single, divorced, and childless older people an... MORE
| Introduction and Overview | |
| Older Persons in a Family Context | |
| The Availability of Family Ties in Later Life | |
| Intimate Ties | |
| Intimate Ties in Later Life | |
| Intimate Partnerships | |
| Being Single in Later Life | |
| Transitions in Intimate Relationships: Losses and Opportunities | |
| Intergenerational Relations | |
| Exploring In... MORE | |
| Support Exchanges Between Older Parents and Their Children | |
| Childless Older Persons | |
| Grandparents and Grandchildren | |
| Divorce, Remarriage, Step Ties, and Intergenerational Relations | |
| Sibling Relationships | |
| Sibling Ties in Middle and Later Life | |
| Life Transitions and Sibling Ties | |
| Research and Policy | |
| Research and Policy: Issues and Directions | |
| References | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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