Family Ties and Aging

by Ingrid Arnet Connidis

• ISBN13: 9781412959575
• ISBN10: 1412959578
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-19
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

This advanced textbook covers issues of family ties and aging broadly, the goal being to provide an integrated and thorough representation of what we know from the current research. Whereas books on families and aging have traditionally focused on ties to a spouse and to children and grandchildren, Family Ties & Aging is more extensive and more reflective of contemporary society. The text includes groups and relationships that typically receive short shrift, exploring such neglected populations as single, divorced, and childless older people and their family relationships, as well as sibling relationships among the elderly, live-in partnerships not formalized by marriage, and the kinds of family ties forged by gay and lesbian persons over the life course. The book weaves the vast range of information we now have about the many facets of family relationships and aging into a critical, comprehensive, and integrated whole.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview

Older Persons in a Family Context

The Availability of Family Ties in Later Life

Intimate Ties

Intimate Ties in Later Life

Intimate Partnerships

Being Single in Later Life

Transitions in Intimate Relationships: Losses and Opportunities

Intergenerational Relations

Exploring Intergenerational Relations

Support Exchanges Between Older Parents and Their Children

Childless Older Persons

Grandparents and Grandchildren

Divorce, Remarriage, Step Ties, and Intergenerational Relations

Sibling Relationships

Sibling Ties in Middle and Later Life

Life Transitions and Sibling Ties

Research and Policy

Research and Policy: Issues and Directions

References

Index

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