Aging and the family
Subtitle: theory and research
By: edited by Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford ; foreword by Lillian E. Troll
Contributors: Blieszner, Rosemary; Bedford, Victoria Hilkevitch
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
Subjects: Aging; Older people -- Family relationships
Other titles: Handbook of aging and the family
Notes: "A hardcover edition is available under the title Handbook of aging and the family from Greenwood Press."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-494) and index
Table of contents: title: The family context of aging : trends and challenges / Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford; title: Historical perspectives on the family and aging / Tamara K. Hareven; title: Aging and the family : present and future demographic issues / Kevin Kinsella; title: The family of the second half of life : connecting theories and findings / Bertram J. Cohler and Karen Altergott; title: Family relations and individual development in adulthood and aging / Carol D. Ryff and Marsha Mailick Seltzer; title: Feminist perspectives on social gerontology / Helena Znaniecka Lopata; title: Family dynamics and the leisure experiences of older adults : theoretical viewpoints / Jay A. Mancini and Dan M. Sandifer; title: Methods and analysis of family data / David J. Mangen; title: Marriage and close relationships of the marital kind / Margaret Hellie Huyck; title: Sibling relationships in middle and old age / Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford; title: Aged parents and aging children : determinants of relationship quality / J. Jill Suitor ... [et al.]; title: Grandparenting in an era of rapid change / Joan F. Robertson; title: U.S. old-age policy and the family / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Marcia L. Bellas; title: Legal issues and family involvement in later-life families / Robbyn R. Wacker; title: Cultural diversity in the late-life family / Colleen L. Johnson; title: Aging and kinship in rural context / B. Jan McCulloch; title: Convoys of social relations : family and friendships within a life span context / Toni C. Antonucci and Hiroko Akiyama; title: Families and retirement / Maximiliane Szinovacz and David J. Ekerdt; title: The effects of illness on the family / Jeffrey W. Dwyer; title: Death and bereavement / Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss; title: Widowhood / Shirley L. O'Bryant and Robert O. Hansson; title: Families and formal networks / Shirley S. Travis; title: Clinical interventions with later-life families / Sara Honn Qualls