Aging and the family : theory and research / edited by Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford ; foreword by Lillian E. Troll.

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996.Description: xxiii, 509 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

0275956970 (pbk.)
9780275956974 (pbk.)

Uniform titles:

Handbook of aging and the family.

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DDC classification:

305.26

LOC classification:

HQ 1061 A267 1996

Contents:

The family context of aging : trends and challenges / Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford Historical perspectives on the family and aging / Tamara K. Hareven Aging and the family : present and future demographic issues / Kevin Kinsella The family of the second half of life : connecting theories and findings / Bertram J. Cohler and Karen Altergott Family relations and individual development in adulthood and aging / Carol D. Ryff and Marsha Mailick Seltzer Feminist perspectives on social gerontology / Helena Znaniecka Lopata. Family dynamics and the leisure experiences of older adults : theoretical viewpoints / Jay A. Mancini and Dan M. Sandifer Methods and analysis of family data / David J. Mangen Marriage and close relationships of the marital kind / Margaret Hellie Huyck Sibling relationships in middle and old age / Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford Aged parents and aging children : determinants of relationship quality / J. Jill Suitor [and others] Grandparenting in an era of rapid change / Joan F. Robertson U.S. old-age policy and the family / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Marcia L. Bellas. Legal issues and family involvement in later-life families / Robbyn R. Wacker Cultural diversity in the late-life family / Colleen L. Johnson Aging and kinship in rural context / B. Jan McCulloch Convoys of social relations : family and friendships within a life span context / Toni C. Antonucci and Hiroko Akiyama Families and retirement / Maximiliane Szinovacz and David J. Ekerdt The effects of illness on the family / Jeffrey W. Dwyer Death and bereavement / Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss Widowhood / Shirley L. O'Bryant and Robert O. Hansson. Families and formal networks / Shirley S. Travis Clinical interventions with later-life families / Sara Honn Qualls

Summary: No other reference provides such a comprehensive and timely overview of theory and research on family relationships, the contexts of family life, and major turning points in late-life families.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HQ 1061 A267 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000118266

A hardcover edition is available under the title Handbook of aging and the family from Greenwood Press (ISBN: 0313283958)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-494) and index.

The family context of aging : trends and challenges / Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
Historical perspectives on the family and aging / Tamara K. Hareven
Aging and the family : present and future demographic issues / Kevin Kinsella
The family of the second half of life : connecting theories and findings / Bertram J. Cohler and Karen Altergott
Family relations and individual development in adulthood and aging / Carol D. Ryff and Marsha Mailick Seltzer
Feminist perspectives on social gerontology / Helena Znaniecka Lopata. Family dynamics and the leisure experiences of older adults : theoretical viewpoints / Jay A. Mancini and Dan M. Sandifer
Methods and analysis of family data / David J. Mangen
Marriage and close relationships of the marital kind / Margaret Hellie Huyck
Sibling relationships in middle and old age / Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
Aged parents and aging children : determinants of relationship quality / J. Jill Suitor [and others]
Grandparenting in an era of rapid change / Joan F. Robertson
U.S. old-age policy and the family / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Marcia L. Bellas. Legal issues and family involvement in later-life families / Robbyn R. Wacker
Cultural diversity in the late-life family / Colleen L. Johnson
Aging and kinship in rural context / B. Jan McCulloch
Convoys of social relations : family and friendships within a life span context / Toni C. Antonucci and Hiroko Akiyama
Families and retirement / Maximiliane Szinovacz and David J. Ekerdt
The effects of illness on the family / Jeffrey W. Dwyer
Death and bereavement / Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss
Widowhood / Shirley L. O'Bryant and Robert O. Hansson. Families and formal networks / Shirley S. Travis
Clinical interventions with later-life families / Sara Honn Qualls

No other reference provides such a comprehensive and timely overview of theory and research on family relationships, the contexts of family life, and major turning points in late-life families.

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