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Title Caregiving contexts : cultural, familial, and societal implications / edited by Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey.

Publication Info. New York : Springer Pub., [2008]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.6 C271CC    Check Shelf
Description xv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: caregiving in context / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- Sociocultural contexts -- Demographic change and the future of informal caregiving / Peter Uhlenberg and Michelle Cheuk -- Choosing between paid elder care and unpaid help from adult children: the role of relative prices in the care decision / Richard W. Johnson -- Commitment to caring: filial responsibility and the allocation of support by adult children to older mothers / Merril Silverstein, Stephen Conroy, and Daphna Gans -- Cross-national variations in elder care: antecedents and outcomes / Ariela Lowenstein, Ruth Katz, and Nurit Gur-Yaish -- Familial contexts -- Spouses caring for spouses: untangling the influences of relationship and gender / Eleanor Palo Stoller and Casey Schroeder Miklowski -- Division of care among adult children / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- Children in caregiving families / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- Sociopolitical contexts -- Workplace policies and caregiving / Eliza K. Pavalko, Kathryn A. Henderson, and Amanda Cott -- Caregiving policies in the United States: framing a national agenda / Steven K. Wisensale -- Family care for elders in Europe: policies and practices / Gerdt Sundström ... [et al.] -- Caregiving contexts: implications for research and policy / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey.
Subject Aged.
Home Nursing.
Caregivers.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Family.
Intergenerational Relations.
Social Support.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Older people -- Care -- Cross-cultural studies.
Older people -- Home care -- Cross-cultural studies.
Older people -- Family relationships -- Cross-cultural studies.
Caregivers -- Cross-cultural studies.
Older people -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
Added Author Szinovácz, Maximiliane.
Davey, Adam.
ISBN 9780826102874
0826102875
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