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Intergenerational Caregiving
Crouter, Ann C.; Booth, Alan; Bianchi, Susanne M.; Seltzer, Judith A.
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Paperback. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
Dramatic changes in the American family have transformed the way we care for its oldest and youngest members. Nuclear families have become smaller as childbearing has declined, but extended families have become larger as life expectancy grows. Divorce, extramarital childbearing, cohabitation, and remarriage, have increased our number of kin but often complicate relationships and diffuse responsibility for care. In Intergenerational Caregiving, an interdisciplinary group of scholars considers our changing family relationships and their effect on social policies. Caregiving and its effects on families’ relationships and resources are examined from economic, sociological, anthropological and psychological perspectives, and chapters on both elders ... Read more
Dramatic changes in the American family have transformed the way we care for its oldest and youngest members. Nuclear families have become smaller as childbearing has declined, but extended families have become larger as life expectancy grows. Divorce, extramarital childbearing, cohabitation, and remarriage, have increased our number of kin but often complicate relationships and diffuse responsibility for care. In Intergenerational Caregiving, an interdisciplinary group of scholars considers our changing family relationships and their effect on social policies. Caregiving and its effects on families’ relationships and resources are examined from economic, sociological, anthropological and psychological perspectives, and chapters on both elders ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Urban Institute Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Series
Urban Institute Press
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780877667476
SKU
V9780877667476
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99-15
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