Family practices in later life / [electronic resource]
Chambers, Pat,1950-author.
This exciting book challenges many common stereotypes about the nature of family involvement as people age. The book explores diversity and change in the family relationships older people maintain, looking at how family relationships are constructed and organised in later life.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-120) and index.
Family practices and family relationships -- Families in later life -- Older parents and their adult children -- Long-lasting relationships -- Brothers and sisters -- Grandparenting -- Later life widow(er)hood -- Globalisation and transnational communities : implications for family life in old age -- Changing times : older people and family ties.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).
This exciting book challenges many common stereotypes about the nature of family involvement as people age. The book explores diversity and change in the family relationships older people maintain, looking at how family relationships are constructed and organised in later life.
Older people
Intergenerational relations
Families