Edition |
Second edition. |
Description |
320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Series |
Sage focus editions ; 64 |
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Sage focus editions ; 64.
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Contents |
An overview of family relationships in later life / Timothy H. Brubaker -- Aging couples and the family system / Janie K. Long and Jay A. Mancini -- Sexuality and marital quality among older married couples / Linda Ade-Ridder -- The adult child and older parents / Robert A. Lewis -- Sibling interaction in later life / Jean Pearson Scott -- Grandparent and grandchild relationships / Karen A. Roberto -- Sex roles in the older family / Pat M. Keith and Robbyn R. Wacker -- Widowhood : loss, change, and adaptation / Gloria D. Heinemann and Patricia L. Evans -- The unmarried elderly : age, sex, and ethnicity / Charles M. Barresi and Kimberly Hunt -- Elder abuse : myth and reality / Suzanne K. Steinmetz -- Family support in relation to health problems of the elderly / Victor G. Cicerelli -- Variations among the elderly in black, Hispanic, and white families / E. Percil Stanford, K. Michael Peddecord and Shirley A. Lockery -- Toward understanding health in older families impacted by catastrophic illness / Joseph Kuypers and Vern L. Bengston -- Stress perceived by elderly recipients of family care / Ellie Brubaker, Mary Anne Gorman and Michele Hiestand. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-315). |
Subject |
Older people.
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Indexed Term |
United States Old persons Family life |
Added Author |
Brubaker, Timothy H.
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ISBN |
0803933215 |
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0803933223 paperback |
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