Women in the middle [[electronic resource] ] : their parent care years / / Elaine M. Brody
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| Autore: |
Brody Elaine M
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| Titolo: |
Women in the middle [[electronic resource] ] : their parent care years / / Elaine M. Brody
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Springer Pub., c2006, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.6/085/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Adult children of aging parents - United States |
| Aging parents - Home care - United States | |
| Caregivers - Family relationships - United States | |
| Parent and adult child - United States | |
| Women - Family relationships - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-367) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Background""; ""Chapter 1. Women in the Middle: How It Happened""; ""Chapter 2. Scope of Parent Care""; ""Chapter 3. The Effects of Caregiving""; ""Chapter 4. Values About Women's Roles and Care of the Aged""; ""Part II. Subjective Experiences""; ""Chapter 5. Introduction""; ""Chapter 6. On Becoming the Primary Caregiver: The Caregiving Daughters and Their Siblings""; ""Chapter 7. Six Major Subjective Themes and A Variation""; ""Part III. Diversity Among Caregivers""; ""Chapter 8. Diversity in Ages and Stages"" |
| ""Chapter 9. Diversity in Marital Status: Introduction and a Research Survey""""Chapter 10. Married Daughters (and Their Husbands and Children): Ten Case Histories and a Comment""; ""Chapter 11. Daughters Without Partners""; ""I. Widowed Daughters: Two Case Histories and a Comment""; ""II. Divorced and Separated Daughters: Four Case Histories and a Comment""; ""III. Never-Married Daughters: Two Case Histories and a Comment""; ""Chapter 12. Caregiving Daughters-in-Law (The Proxy Primaries): Seven Case Histories and a Comment""; ""Chapter 13. Commentary on the Marital Status Case Studies"" | |
| ""Chapter 14. Diversity in Work Status""""Chapter 15. Racial & Ethnic Diversity""; ""Part IV. Nursing Homes, Community Services, and Living Arrangements for Older People""; ""Chapter 16. Nursing Home Placement: A Painful Decision""; ""Chapter 17. Some Developments in Community Services and Residential Settings""; ""Part V. Unfinished Business""; ""Chapter 18. Unfinished Business on the Parent Care Agenda""; ""Perspective""; ""Research Agenda""; ""Public Policy Agenda""; ""Practice Agenda""; ""An Agenda for All of Us""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""I"" | |
| ""L""""M""; ""N""; ""R""; ""S""; ""V""; ""W"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Women in the Middle was so-named because daughters, who are the main caregivers to elderly disabled parents, are caught in the middle of multiple competing demands on their time and energy. Since the first edition, women's responsibilities and the pressures they have experienced have increased and intensified. Dr. Brody revisits this phenomenon in this new, updated edition of her ground-breaking work. Gain an insider's view of the harsh and sometimes joyful experience of caregiving presented by case studies and narratives. Dr. Brody describes and discusses the caregiving women's subjective |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Women in the middle |
| ISBN: | 0-8261-9776-0 |
| 1-281-86309-2 | |
| 9786611863098 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782662803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.