Caregiving contexts
Subtitle: cultural, familial, and societal implications
By: edited by Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey
Contributors: Szinovácz, Maximiliane; Davey, Adam
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780826102874
Subjects: Older people -- Care -- Cross-cultural studies; Older people -- Home care -- Cross-cultural studies; Older people -- Family relationships -- Cross-cultural studies; Caregivers -- Cross-cultural studies; Older people -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: caregiving in context / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz; title: Sociocultural contexts; title: Demographic change and the future of informal caregiving / Peter Uhlenberg and Michelle Cheuk; title: Choosing between paid elder care and unpaid help from adult children: the role of relative prices in the care decision / Richard W. Johnson; title: Commitment to caring: filial responsibility and the allocation of support by adult children to older mothers / Merril Silverstein, Stephen Conroy, and Daphna Gans; title: Cross-national variations in elder care: antecedents and outcomes / Ariela Lowenstein, Ruth Katz, and Nurit Gur-Yaish; title: Familial contexts; title: Spouses caring for spouses: untangling the influences of relationship and gender / Eleanor Palo Stoller and Casey Schroeder Miklowski; title: Division of care among adult children / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz; title: Children in caregiving families / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz; title: Sociopolitical contexts; title: Workplace policies and caregiving / Eliza K. Pavalko, Kathryn A. Henderson, and Amanda Cott; title: Caregiving policies in the United States: framing a national agenda / Steven K. Wisensale; title: Family care for elders in Europe: policies and practices / Gerdt Sundström ... [et al.]; title: Caregiving contexts: implications for research and policy / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey