| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
x, 616 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Handbook of aging and the family. 1995. |
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Includes index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Aging.
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Older people -- Family relationships.
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| Added Author |
Blieszner, Rosemary.
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Bedford, Victoria Hilkevitch.
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| Added Title |
Handbook of aging and the family.
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| ISBN |
9780313381737 hardback alkaline paper |
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0313381739 hardback alkaline paper |
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9781440828638 paperback |
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1440828636 paperback |
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