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Author Brody, Elaine M.

Title Women in the middle : their parent care years / Elaine M. Brody.

Publication Info. New York : Springer Pub., [2004]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.6 B864W    Check Shelf
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Edition Second edition.
Description xxiii, 371 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Springer series on life styles and issues in aging
Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
Contents Foreword / Barry D. Lebowitz -- Background -- Women in the Middle: How It Happened -- Scope of Parent Care -- The Effects of Caregiving -- Values About Women's Roles and Care of the Aged -- Subjective Experiences -- Introduction -- On Becoming the Primary Caregiver: The Caregiving Daughters and Their Siblings -- Six Major Subjective Themes and A Variation -- Diversity Among Caregivers -- Diversity in Ages and Stages -- Diversity in Marital Status: Introduction and a Research Survey -- Married Daughters (and Their Husbands and Children): Ten Case Histories and a Comment -- Daughters Without Partners -- Widowed Daughters: Two Case Histories and a Comment -- Divorced and Separated Daughters: Four Case Histories and a Comment -- Never-Married Daughters: Two Case Histories and a Comment -- Caregiving Daughters-in-Law (The Proxy Primaries): Seven Case Histories and a Comment -- Commentary on the Marital Status Case Studies -- Diversity in Work Status -- Racial & Ethnic Diversity / Avalie Saperstein -- Nursing Homes, Community Services, and Living Arrangements for Older People -- Nursing Home Placement: A Painful Decision -- Some Developments in Community Services and Residential Settings / $r Avalie Saperstein -- Unfinished Business -- Unfinished Business on the Parent Care Agenda.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-367) and index.
Contents Background -- Subjective experiences -- Diversity among caregivers -- Nursing homes, community services, and living arrangements for older people -- Unfinished business.
Subject Aging parents -- Home care -- United States.
Adult children of aging parents -- United States.
Women -- Family relationships -- United States.
Caregivers -- Family relationships -- United States.
Parent and adult child -- United States.
Caregivers -- psychology -- United States.
Women -- psychology -- United States.
Adult Children -- psychology -- United States.
Aged -- United States.
Home Nursing -- psychology -- United States.
Parent-Child Relations -- United States.
ISBN 0826163815
9780826163813
0826163823
9780826163820
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