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

Publication Info.	New York : Springer Pub., [2008]
	©2008

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Description	1 online resource (xv, 294 pages) : illustrations
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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 [and others] -- Caregiving contexts: implications for research and policy / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Focuses on the issue of caregiving from various contextual frameworks - sociocultural, familial, and sociopolitical - as opposed to the more common disciplinary perspective. This book is suitable for preparing caregiving related programs and policies for the challenges of the aging baby boomer generation.
Subject	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.
	Home Nursing. (DNLM)D006701
	Cross-Cultural Comparison. (DNLM)D003431
	Aged. (DNLM)D000368
	Cultural Characteristics. (DNLM)D003466
	Intergenerational Relations. (DNLM)D016901
	Socioeconomic Factors. (DNLM)D012959
	Social Support. (DNLM)D012944
	Caregivers. (DNLM)D017028
	Family. (DNLM)D005190
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Elder Abuse.
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Eldercare.
	Caregivers. (OCoLC)fst00847331
	Older people -- Care. (OCoLC)fst01199096
	Older people -- Family relationships. (OCoLC)fst01199108
	Older people -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01199109
	Older people -- Home care. (OCoLC)fst01199110
	Altenpflege. (DE-588)4001420-4
	Familie. (DE-588)4016397-0
	Alter.
	Äldreomsorg -- familjeförhållanden -- jämförande studier.
	Äldreomsorg -- jämförande studier.
	Hemsjukvård.
Genre/Form	Cross-cultural studies. (OCoLC)fst01423769
Added Author	Szinovácz, Maximiliane.
	Davey, Adam.
Other Form:	Print version: Caregiving contexts. New York : Springer Pub., ©2008 9780826102874 0826102875 (DLC) 2007020081 (OCoLC)134990057
ISBN	9780826103109 (electronic book)
	0826103103 (electronic book)
Standard No.	2552717

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