TY - BOOK AU - Blieszner,Rosemary AU - Bedford,Victoria Hilkevitch AU - Troll,Lillian E. TI - Aging and the family : : theory and research / SN - 0275956970 (pbk.) AV - HQ 1061 A267 1996 U1 - 305.26 PY - 1996/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger, KW - Aging KW - Older people KW - Family relationships KW - Envejecimiento KW - Adultos mayores KW - Relaciones familiares KW - Personas mayores KW - Condiciones sociales N1 - A hardcover edition is available under the title Handbook of aging and the family from Greenwood Press (ISBN: 0313283958); Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-494) and index; The family context of aging : trends and challenges / Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford Historical perspectives on the family and aging / Tamara K. Hareven Aging and the family : present and future demographic issues / Kevin Kinsella The family of the second half of life : connecting theories and findings / Bertram J. Cohler and Karen Altergott Family relations and individual development in adulthood and aging / Carol D. Ryff and Marsha Mailick Seltzer Feminist perspectives on social gerontology / Helena Znaniecka Lopata. Family dynamics and the leisure experiences of older adults : theoretical viewpoints / Jay A. Mancini and Dan M. Sandifer Methods and analysis of family data / David J. Mangen Marriage and close relationships of the marital kind / Margaret Hellie Huyck Sibling relationships in middle and old age / Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford Aged parents and aging children : determinants of relationship quality / J. Jill Suitor [and others] Grandparenting in an era of rapid change / Joan F. Robertson U.S. old-age policy and the family / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Marcia L. Bellas. Legal issues and family involvement in later-life families / Robbyn R. Wacker Cultural diversity in the late-life family / Colleen L. Johnson Aging and kinship in rural context / B. Jan McCulloch Convoys of social relations : family and friendships within a life span context / Toni C. Antonucci and Hiroko Akiyama Families and retirement / Maximiliane Szinovacz and David J. Ekerdt The effects of illness on the family / Jeffrey W. Dwyer Death and bereavement / Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss Widowhood / Shirley L. O'Bryant and Robert O. Hansson. Families and formal networks / Shirley S. Travis Clinical interventions with later-life families / Sara Honn Qualls N2 - No other reference 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 ER -