Families in later life : emerging themes and challenges / editor, Liliana Sousa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sousa, Lillian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Family relationships.

Older people.

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book aims to help provide an understanding of the relationship between the elderly generation and the multigenerational families they belong to through an analysis of family and individual development in later life and a study of the structural and functional complexion of the multigenerational family (the basic unit of analysis). The increase of life expectancy and the consequent later ageing of the population is making Western families undergo considerable changes. The demographic ageing of societies is increasing the number of living generations and decreasing the number of living relatives within these generations. These ageing societies are also seeing a changing of some traditional life-transitions, such as individuals delaying economic independence from parents, marriage or long-term cohabitation, as well as parenting. Themes discussed in this book are: 1. multigenerational families are now commonplace in the western countries; 2. legacies and inheritance are an important theme for the integrity of families in later lives (since the increase of welfare-states, the economic importance of inheritance decreases); 3. a substantial proportion of elderly persons and their families live in poverty, having to deal with the diminishing of their sensorial and physical capacities, as well as lower income and higher medical expenses; 4. families have to combine the care-giving of elderly relatives with the care-taking of their own children and a professional career; 5. counselling becomes an important factor for older adults since many families issue then arise.

Contents:

""FAMILIES IN LATER LIFE: EMERGING THEMES AND CHALLENGES""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""NEW THEMES ON AGEING FAMILIES ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""1. RESEARCH ON FAMILIES IN LATER LIFE ""; ""2. RESEARCH ON FAMILIES IN LATER LIFE (2000-2008) ""; ""Main Topics ""; ""2.1. Diversity ""; ""2.2. Social Problems and Challenges ""; ""2.3. Individual Development ""; ""2.4. Social Policy and Economics ""; ""2.5. Family Intervention ""; ""2.6. Social Interaction ""; ""2.7. Educational Gerontology ""; ""2.8. Health Status ""; ""2.9. Gerontotechnology ""; ""2.10. Research Development and Methods ""

""2.11. The Family and other Systems """"2.12. Community Care ""; ""2.13. Family Processes ""; ""2.14. Marital Processes ""; ""2.15. Parental Processes ""; ""2.16. Grandparenting ""; ""2.17. Families in Transition ""; ""2.18. Family Violence and Abuse ""; ""2.19. Family Caregiving ""; ""2.20. Spirituality and Religion ""; ""2.21. Gender ""; ""2.22. Single Topics ""; ""2.23. Articles versus Books ""; ""3. FAMILIES IN LATER LIFE: TOWARDS NORMATIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES ""; ""4. THE NEW THEMES IN THIS BOOK ""; ""Part I. Developmental and Normative Processes in Later Life ""

""Part II. Reframing Traditional Research Themes for Families in Later Life """"Part III. Overview: Constructing Family Integrity in Later Life ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""THE MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY AND THE ELDERLY: A MUTUAL OR PARASITICAL SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP?* ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""Challenges to the Study of Families in Later Life: Pursuing a Development Model ""; ""Defining the Multigenerational Family ""; ""Abandoning the Myth of Family Abandonment ""; ""(De)segregating the Nuclear Family ""; ""1. THE MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY SYSTEM AND THE ELDERLY GENERATION ""

""2. THE STRUCTURE OF THE MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY """"3. FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ""; ""4. FUNCTIONS AND ROLES WITHIN THE MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY ""; ""The Keeper of Family Memories ""; ""The Connecting Link in the Family ""; ""The Family First Aider ""; ""CONCLUSION: THE MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY AND THE ELDERLY: A MUTUAL OR PARASITICAL SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP? ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""MATERIAL INHERITANCE: CONSTRUCTING FAMILY INTEGRITY IN LATER LIFE ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""1. MATERIAL INHERITANCE IN THE LIVES OF FAMILIES IN LATER LIFE ""

""1.1. Material Inheritance: Family Management """"1.2. The Material Inheritance: Family Relationships ""; ""2. MATERIAL INHERITANCE AND FAMILY INTEGRITY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ""; ""Objectives ""; ""Methodology ""; ""Data Analysis ""; ""2.1. Material Inheritance: Challenges in Later Life Families ""; ""3. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS ""; ""3.1. Material Inheritance and the Construction of Family Integrity ""; ""3.2. Material Inheritance: A Lifelong Process ""; ""3.3. Implications for Intervention ""; ""FINAL REMARKS ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""COUNSELING OLDER ADULTS WITH FAMILY ISSUES: FORGIVING AND EMPOWERING ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60741-688-3

OCLC:

430197972