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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824902703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-60741-688-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SousaLillian
• Disciplina: 306.87084/6
• Soggetti: Older people - Family relationships; Families
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 ""