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"This interesting, easy-to-read book provides a comprehensive framework for considering communication and aging in the context of biology, sociology, and psychology. This thought provoking book is strongly anti-ageist. It could serve as a broad overview for anyone interested in the myriad of issues related to communication and aging." —CHOICE“Understanding Communication and Aging achieves a nice balance between the facts of growing old, the social forces that shape that process, and the communication factors that connect these two domains. With attention to both research and everyday applications, the text is thorough and inviting. I am delighted that a user-friendly, undergraduate text has finally been produced in the field of communication and aging. This book deserves to be an instant and sustained success.”—Sandra Metts, Illinois State UniversityCovers the broad area of communication and older adulthood: The book examines key topics such as interpersonal and family relationships in old age, media portrayals of aging, cultural variations in intergenerational communication, and health communication in old age.Shatters the myths and stereotypes of aging: The book’s orientation and perspective is on “healthy” living and aging. This anti-ageist approach encourages readers to reexamine their views on aging and become fluent at defending and promoting an anti-ageist ideology.Provides concrete examples: While taking a theoretical approach, the book includes coverage of applied issues such as health communication and age-related prejudice and discrimination.
Intergenerational Relationships in Older Adulthood
Intergenerational Relationships in Older Adulthood
This chapter describes intergenerational relationships between grandparents and grandchildren and between older adults and their adult children, and friendships between people of dramatically different ages. By the end of this chapter you should be able to:
- Understand some key functions of the grandparent–grandchild relationship; state some unique elements of communication in this relationship
- Describe some problems associated with grandparents raising grandchildren
- Understand the role of communication in parent-child relationships in older adulthood
- Describe an important dialectic in intergenerational relations
- Describe some of the effects of having intergenerational friendships
The older we get, the more knowledge we accumulate, and the more we can help our offspring to benefit from our experience. Grandparents… have ‘been there and done that’—and, crucially, lived to tell ...
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