| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: caregiving in context / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- Sociocultural contexts -- Demographic change and the future of informal caregiving / Peter Uhlenberg and Michelle Cheuk -- Choosing between paid elder care and unpaid help from adult children: the role of relative prices in the care decision / Richard W. Johnson -- Commitment to caring: filial responsibility and the allocation of support by adult children to older mothers / Merril Silverstein, Stephen Conroy, and Daphna Gans -- Cross-national variations in elder care: antecedents and outcomes / Ariela Lowenstein, Ruth Katz, and Nurit Gur-Yaish -- Familial contexts -- Spouses caring for spouses: untangling the influences of relationship and gender / Eleanor Palo Stoller and Casey Schroeder Miklowski -- Division of care among adult children / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- Children in caregiving families / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- Sociopolitical contexts -- Workplace policies and caregiving / Eliza K. Pavalko, Kathryn A. Henderson, and Amanda Cott -- Caregiving policies in the United States: framing a national agenda / Steven K. Wisensale -- Family care for elders in Europe: policies and practices / Gerdt Sundström [and others] -- Caregiving contexts: implications for research and policy / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey. |
| Summary |
Focuses on the issue of caregiving from various contextual frameworks - sociocultural, familial, and sociopolitical - as opposed to the more common disciplinary perspective. This book is suitable for preparing caregiving related programs and policies for the challenges of the aging baby boomer generation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- Care -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Older people -- Care. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Older people -- Home care -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Older people -- Home care. |
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Older people -- Family relationships -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Older people -- Family relationships. |
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Caregivers -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Caregivers. |
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Older people -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Older people -- Government policy. |
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Caregivers. |
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Cultural Characteristics. |
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Family. |
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Aged. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Szinovácz, Maximiliane.
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Davey, Adam.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caregiving contexts. New York : Springer Pub., ©2008 9780826102874 0826102875 (DLC) 2007020081 (OCoLC)134990057 |
| ISBN |
9780826103109 (electronic book) |
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0826103103 (electronic book) |
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9780826102874 |
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0826102875 |
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1280924861 |
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9781280924866 |
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