Family ties & aging / Ingrid Arnet Connidis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connidis, Ingrid Arnet, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Family relationships--United States.

Older people.

Older people--Family relationships.

United States.

Older people--Family relationships--Canada.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xvii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Family ties and aging

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2001]

Summary:

Presenting a broad examination of the issues surrounding family ties and aging, this advanced textbook provides an integrated and thorough representation of current research in the field. Whereas books on families and aging have traditionally focused on ties to a spouse and to children and grandchildren, Connidis's coverage is more extensive and more reflective of contemporary society. She includes groups and relationships that have typically been neglected, such as single, divorced, and childless older people and their family relationships, as well as sibling relationships among the elderly, live-in partnerships not formalized by marriage, and the family ties forged by gays and lesbians over their life course. Family Ties and Aging weaves the vast range of information we now have about the many facets of family relationships and aging into a critical, comprehensive, and integrated whole.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-307) and index.

ISBN:

0761919570

OCLC:

45700149