Intergenerational Caregiving

Alan Booth; Ann C. Crouter; Susanne M. Bianchi and Judith A. Seltzer

Dramatic changes in the American family have transformed the way we care for its oldest and youngest members. Nuclear families have become smaller as childbearing has declined, but extended families have become larger as life expectancy grows. Divorce, extramarital childbearing, cohabitation, and remarriage, have increased our number of kin but often complicate relationships and diffuse responsibility for care. In Intergenerational Caregiving, an interdisciplinary group of scholars considers our changing family relationships and their effect on social policies. Caregiving and its effects on families’ relationships and resources are examined from economic, sociological, anthropological and psychological perspectives, and chapters on both elders and children with disabilities are included.

Intergenerational Caregiving

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Summary

Dramatic changes in the American family have transformed the way we care for its oldest and youngest members. Nuclear families have become smaller as childbearing has declined, but extended families have become larger as life expectancy grows. Divorce, extramarital childbearing, cohabitation, and remarriage, have increased our number of kin but often complicate relationships and diffuse responsibility for care. In Intergenerational Caregiving, an interdisciplinary group of scholars considers our changing family relationships and their effect on social policies. Caregiving and its effects on families’ relationships and resources are examined from economic, sociological, anthropological and psychological perspectives, and chapters on both elders and children with disabilities are included.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Urban Institute

Pages: 420 •

978-0-87766-747-6 • Paperback • November 2008 • $47.00 • (£36.00)

Series: Urban Institute Press

Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development

Intergenerational Caregiving

Alan Booth; Ann C. Crouter; Susanne M. Bianchi and Judith A. Seltzer

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