Global Aging and Challenges to Families
By: Vern Bengtson
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781351328166
Subjects: Older people; Family relationships; Intergenerational relations; Care; Aging; Social aspects
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Table of contents: title: Part, Part I: Theoretical Perspectives: Intergenerational Social Support in Multiple Contexts; title: chapter 1 Global Aging and the Challenge to Families; title: chapter 2 Theories about Families, Organizations, and Social Supports; title: chapter 3 From Family Groups to Personal Communities; title: chapter 4 Grandparents and Grandchildren in Family Systems; title: chapter 5 Older People and Family in Social Policy; title: part, Part II: Theoretical Perspectives: The Role of Intergenerational Social Support; title: chapter 6 Intergenerational Transfers in the Family What Motivates Giving?; title: chapter 7 Family Characteristics and Loneliness among Older Parents; title: chapter 8 Disposable Children On the Role of Offspring in the Construction of Conjugal Support in Later Life; title: part, Part Ill: Intrasociety Diversity in Intergenerational Support; title: chapter 9 Israeli Attitudes about Inter Vivos Transfers; title: chapter 10 Social Network Structure and Utilization of Formal Public Support in Israel; title: chapter 11 Family Transfers and Cultural Transmissions Between Three Generations in France; title: part, Part IV: Intrasociety Changes in Intergenerational Support; title: chapter 12 Changing Roles of the Family and State for Elderly Care; title: chapter 13 Intergenerational Relationships of Japanese Seniors; title: chapter 14 \; title: part, Part V: Intra- and Intersociety Differences and Social Change; title: chapter 15 Family Norms and Preferences in Intergenerational Relations A Comparative Perspective; title: chapter 16 The Role of Family for Quality of Life in Old Age; title: chapter 17 Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Intergenerational Social Support; title: chapter 18 Challenges of Global Aging to Families in the Twenty-First Century.