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The impact of family change on older people
— the case of stepfamilies | | Author(s) | Joanna Bornat, Brian Dimmock, Sheila Peace |
| Corporate Author | (Economic and Social Research Council) ESRC Population and Household Change Research Programme, Oxford Brookes University |
| Publisher | ESRC, Oxford, June 1997 |
| Pages | 4 pp (Research results number 2) |
| Source | Professor Susan McRae, Programme Director, School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP. |
| Keywords | Step relationships ; The Family ; Living patterns ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Informal care ; Personal relationships ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The changing nature of family life has become a major issue in contemporary Britain, but so far, the impact of family break-up and reconstitution of the lives of older people has been given little attention. This in-depth study was carried out at the Open University (OU). The authors encouraged people from different generations to talk about their understanding of family life today, and about the impact of change on their lives. The point is made that family break-up and reconstitution does not necessarily affect the capacity of families to care for their older members. However, family break-up may lead to some older men living in isolation, as the mother and daughter tie takes precedence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980121204 P |
| Classmark | SWM: SJ: K7: TOB: P6: DS: 3F |
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