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The Child–Parent Caregiving Relationship in Later Life : Psychosocial Experiences / Bethany Morgan Brett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brett, Bethany Morgan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adult children of aging parents--Family relationships.
- Adult children of aging parents.
- Parent and adult child--Psychological aspects.
- Parent and adult child.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- This book presents a poignant and sensitive account of the challenges faced by adult children when making difficult decisions about care for and with their ageing parents in later life. It offers new insights into the practical, emotional and physical effects that witnessing the ageing and death of parents has on those in late midlife and how these relationships are negotiated during this phase of the life course. The author uses a psychosocial approach to understand the complexity of the experience of having a parent transition to care and the ambiguous feelings that these decisions evoke.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Midlife and the adult child
- Becoming a carer
- The transition to care
- Materiality, clothing, and embodiment in care
- Social connections and relationship building in residential care
- The loss of parents in later life
- Final reflections
- Researching the child–parent caregiving relationship
- Participant charts
- References
- Index of participants
- Index of subjects
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781447324317
- 1447324315
- 9781447334071
- 1447334078
- 9781447319702
- 1447319702
- OCLC:
- 1390553157
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