Women in the middle : their parent care years

Women in the middle : their parent care years / Elaine M. Brody.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brody, Elaine M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Pub., ©2006, ©2004.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
Subjects:
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.
Adult children of aging parents
Aging parents > Home care
Caregivers > Family relationships
Parent and adult child
Women > Family relationships
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 SurveyChapter 10. Married Daughters (and Their Husbands and Children): Ten Case Histories and a Comment; Chapter 11. Daughters Without Partners; 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 Se.

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