Summary
Contents
Directed towards researchers and practitioners in family studies and gerontology, this completely revised Second Edition of Family Relationships in Later Life provides an innovative new collection of research-based descriptions on family relations of older people. Each chapter summarizes existing literature on the topic and provides up-to-date original research. Topics addressed include: sibling relationships in later life; widowhood; ethnic differences; elder abuse and mistreatment; family care; and health problems.
Sex Roles in the Older Family
Sex Roles in the Older Family
Our knowledge of gender roles in older families is drawn from assessments of a number of different and sometimes conflicting dimensions. Information includes expectations others have for the behavior and/or traits of spouses in later life; age-appropriate behavior as described by older persons themselves; reports of what older spouses actually do in their daily routine; and self-assessments by the aged of their own masculine/feminine characteristics.
Several general questions are asked in this genre of research, although some are less explicit than others: What do older persons believe others their age should be thinking and doing in various major life areas—in the household, in the workplace, and in their emotional relationships with their spouse? What do ...