This comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook and reference volume
in family gerontology reviews and critiques the recent theoretical,
empirical, and methodological literature; identifies future
research directions; and makes recommendations for gerontology
professionals. This book is both an updated version of and a
complement to the original Handbook of Families and Aging. The many
additions include the most recent demographic changes on aging
families, new theoretical formulations, innovative research
methods, recent legal issues, and death and bereavement, as well as
new material on the relationships themselves-sibling, partnered,
and intergenerational relationships, for example. Among the
brand-new topics in this edition are step-family relationships,
aging families and immigration, aging families and 21st-century
technology, and peripheral family ties. Unlike the more cursory
summaries found in textbooks, the essays within Handbook of
Families and Aging, Second Edition provide thoughtful, in-depth
coverage of each topic. No other book 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. Nevertheless, the contents are written to be engaging and
accessible to a broad audience, including advanced undergraduate
students, graduate students, researchers, and gerontology
practitioners. Serious lay readers will also find this book highly
informative about contemporary family issues. Comprises 23 chapters
of all-original work covering background information,
relationships, contexts of family life, and turning points such as
retirement and divorce Contributions from 46 distinguished scholars
recognized as leading experts in their fields Citations for
cutting-edge research on each topic, plus foundational references
in new areas A detailed topic index
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