Handbook of Aging and the Family

by Blieszner, Rosemary; Bedford, Victoria Hilkevitch, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780313283956
• ISBN10: 0313283958
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-01-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

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. It includes many suggestions for theoretical and practical applications for future research on a score of important topics. This multidisciplinary survey is an invaluable library reference and teaching resource intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, and practitioners -- for gerontologists, family scholars, psychologists, sociologists, historians, social workers, health-care providers, and policy makers.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	ix
Foreword	xi
Lillian E. Troll
Preface	xxi
Rosemary Blieszner
Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
Part I Background	1	(56)
The Family Context of Aging: Trends and Challenges	3	(10)
Rosemary Blieszner
Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
Historical Perspectives on the Family and Aging	13	(19)
Tamara K. Hareven
Aging and the Family: Present and Future Demographic Issues	32	(25)
Kevin Kinsella
Part II Theoretical Frameworks and Research Methods	57	(122)
The Family of the Second Half of Life: Connecting Theories and Findings	59	(36)
Bertram J. Cohler
Karen Altergott
Family Relations and Individual Development in Adulthood and Aging	95	(19)
Carol D. Ryff
Marsha Mailick Seltzer
Feminist Perspectives on Social Gerontology	114	(18)
Helena Znaniecka Lopata
Family Dynamics and the Leisure Experiences of Older Adults: Theoretical Viewpoints	132	(16)
Jay A. Mancini
Dan M. Sandifer
Methods and Analysis of Family Data	148	(31)
David J. Mangen
Part III Family Relationships	179	(82)
Marriage and Close Relationships of the Marital Kind	181	(20)
margaret Hellie Huyck
Sibling Relationships in Middle and Old Age	201	(22)
Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
Aged Parents and Aging Children: Determinants of Relationship Quality	223	(20)
J. Jill Suitor
Karl Pillemer
Shirley Keeton
Julie Robison
Grandparenting in an Era of Rapid Change	243	(18)
Joan F. Robertson
Part IV The Context of Family Life	261	(112)
U.S. Old-Age Policy and the Family	263	(21)
Madonna Harrington Meyer
Marcia L. Bellas
Legal Issues and Family Involvement in Later-Life Families	284	(23)
Robbyn R. Wacker
Cultural Diversity in the Late-Life Family	307	(25)
Colleen L. Johnson
Aging and Kinship in Rural Context	332	(23)
B. Jan McCulloch
Convoys of Social Relations: Family and Friendships within a Life Span Context	355	(18)
Toni C. Antonucci
Hiroko Akiyama
Part V Turning Points and Interventions	373	(116)
Families and Retirement	375	(26)
Maximiliane Szinovacz
David J. Ekerdt
The Effects of Illness on the Family	401	(21)
Jeffrey W. Dwyer
Death and Bereavement	422	(18)
Miriam S. Moss
Sidney Z. Moss
Widowhood	440	(19)
Shirley L. O'Bryant
Robert O. Hansson
Families and Formal Networks	459	(15)
Shirley S. Travis
Clinical Interventions with Later-Life Families	474	(15)
Sara Honn Qualls
Bibliography	489	(6)
Index	495	(8)
About the Contributors	503