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Informationen zum Autor Rosemary Blieszner, Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford Klappentext This comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook and reference volume in family gerontology reviews and critiques the recent theoretical, empirical, and methodological literature; identifies future research directions; and makes recommendations for gerontology professionals. This book is both an updated version of and a complement to the original Handbook of Families and Aging . The many additions include the most recent demographic changes on aging families, new theoretical formulations, innovative research methods, recent legal issues, and death and bereavement, as well as new material on the relationships themselves-sibling, partnered, and intergenerational relationships, for example. Among the brand-new topics in this edition are step-family relationships, aging families and immigration, aging families and 21st-century technology, and peripheral family ties.Unlike the more cursory summaries found in textbooks, the essays within Handbook of Families and Aging, Second Edition provide thoughtful, in-depth coverage of each topic. No other book provides such a comprehensive and timely overview of theory and research on family relationships, the contexts of family life, and major turning points in late-life families. Nevertheless, the contents are written to be engaging and accessible to a broad audience, including advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, and gerontology practitioners. Serious lay readers will also find this book highly informative about contemporary family issues. "This collection of well-researched essays . . . summarizes a massive amount of data and analysis. . . . An effective reference source. Summing Up: Recommended." - Choice Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsPART I. BACKGROUND1. The Family Context of Aging Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford 2. Demographic Trends and Later Life Families in the 21st Century Emily M. Agree and Mary Elizabeth Hughes 3. Theoretical Directions for Studying Family Ties and Aging Ingrid Arnet Connidis 4. Innovative Research Methods for Family Gerontology Aloen L. Townsend PART II. FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS5. Marriage and Other Partnered Relationships in Middle and Late Adulthood Jamila Bookwala 6. Sibling Relationships from Midlife to Old Age Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford and Paula Smith Avioli 7. Aging Parents and Adult Children: Determinants of Relationship Quality Jori Sechrist, J. Jill Suitor, Karl Pillemer, Megan Gilligan, Abigail R. Howard, and Shirley A. Keeton 8. Grandparenthood: Grandchild and Great-Grandchild Relationships Bert Hayslip Jr. and Kyle S. Page 9. Relationships in Older Stepfamilies Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman 10. The Importance of Discretionary and Fictive Kin Relationships for Older Adults Marieke Voorpostel PART III. CONTEXTS OF FAMILY LIFE11. Intersectionality and Aging Families Toni Calasanti and K. Jill Kiecolt 12. Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Aging Families: Implications for Resource Allocation and Well-Being across Generations Merril Silverstein, Jessica Lendon, and Roseann Giarrusso 13. Older Rural Adults and Their Families Norah Keating and Stephanie Fletcher 14. Aging Families and Immigration Paula M. Usita and Holly B. Shakya 15. U.S. Old Age Policy and Families Madonna Harrington Meyer and Chantell Frazier 16. Legal Issues in Aging Families Marshall B. Kapp 17. Elder Abuse in Aging Families Pamela B. Teaster, Tenzin Wangmo, and Frances B. Vorsky 18. Family Gerontechnology: An Emergent Agenda for Research, Policy, and Practice Jennifer M. Kinney and Cary S. Kart PART IV. TURNING POINTS IN FAMILY LIFE19. Families and Retirement Maximiliane E. Szinovacz, David J. Ekerdt, Abigail Butt, Kelli Barton, and Corina R. Oala 20. Divorce and Widowhood in Later Life Deborah...
