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Families in ageing societies
— a multi-disciplinary approach | | Author(s) | Sarah Harper |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004 |
| Pages | 212 pp |
| Source | Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP. |
| Keywords | Family relationships ; Living patterns ; Informal care ; Social trends ; Multi disciplinary ; Cross cultural surveys. |
| Annotation | Themes of kinship, intergenerational relationships and caring responsibilities are examined in this multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural collection. The first three chapters give an overview of some of the demographic and social forces affecting families within ageing societies in Europe, North America and Australasia. Next, evidence from the Berlin Ageing Study is used to explore extended kinship ties in later life, and is followed by an ethnographic study of intergenerational relationships among stepfamilies in the UK. Chapters 6, 7 and 8 look at care and support for older relatives: working carers in the European Union (EU); trade-offs between women's caregiving and paid work (using data from the US Health and Retirement Study); and informal care by family, friends and neighbours in the UK. The book concludes with two topics which have attracted little attention: inheritance and intergenerational relationships in English families; and the American family as a context for healthy ageing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050303210 B |
| Classmark | DS:SJ: K7: P6: TM3: 3DM: 3KA |
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