Handbook of families and aging /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Blieszner, Rosemary, Bedford, Victoria Hilkevitch
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2012]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The family context of aging / Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
  • Demographic trends and later life families in the 21st century / Emily M. Agree and Mary Elizabeth Hughes
  • Theoretical directions for studying family ties and aging / Ingrid Arnet Connidis
  • Innovative research methods for family gerontology / Aloen L. Townsend
  • Marriage and other partnered relationships in middle an late adulthood / Jamila Bookwala
  • Sibling relationships from middle to old age / Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford and Paula Smith Avioli
  • Aging parents and adult children: determinants of relationship quality / Jori Sechrist, ... [et al.]
  • Grandparenthood: grandchild and great-grandchild relationships / Bert Hayslip, Jr. and Kyle S. Page
  • Relationships in older stepfamilies / Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman
  • The importance of discretionary and fictive kin relationships for older adults / Marieke Voorpostel
  • Intersectionality and aging families / Toni Calasanti and K. Jill Kiecolt
  • Ethnic and cultural diversity in aging families: implications for resource allocation and well-being across generations / Merril Silverstein, Jessica Lendon, and Roseann Giarrusso
  • Older rural adults and their families / Norah Keating and Stephanie Fletcher
  • Aging families and immigration / Paula M. Usita and Holly B. Shakya
  • U.S. old age policy and families / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Chantell Frazier
  • Legal issues in aging families / Marshall B. Kapp
  • Elder abuse in aging families / Pamela B. Teaster, Tenzin Wangmo, and Frances B. Vorsky
  • Family gerontechnology: an emergent agenda for research, policy, and practice / Jennifer M. Kinney and Cary S. Kart
  • Families and retirement / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz, ... [et al.]
  • Divorce and widowhood in later life / Deborah Carr and Tetyana Pudrovska
  • Family caregiving in later life: shifting paradigms / Rachel Pruchno and Laura N. Gitlin
  • Turning points in later life: grief and bereavement / Brian de Vries
  • New directions for family gerontology: where do we go from here? / Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford and Rosemary Blieszner.