{"product_id":"families-and-aging-9781538104347","title":"Families and Aging","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe experiences of both families and aging are changing in today’s society. Many of us are staying healthier and living longer. Because an unprecedented number of Americans will be over age 65 in the twenty-first century, the aging experience will be felt by many and permeate our family life and society.  Patricia Drentea’s Families and Aging examines how the changing lifestyles of Americans will play into aging well. It explores the life course transitions that occur as individuals and families age within the current U.S. context. The text is written from a sociological perspective, but it is interdisciplinary and can be used by many fields such as gerontology, social work, human development, and family studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Preface  1.Introduction to Aging Families 2.Data and Methods 3.Structure of the Chapters 4.Organization of the book   Chapter 1. Introduction to Aging Families   Provides an overview of major social changes in aging Vignette-Older woman who is more what the face of the future will be than what is today  Chapter Objectives 1.Increase of older adult population The Baby Boomers  Life Expectancy in the United States  The past, present, and future  Box-How to become a centenarian 2.Changes in world population Box about future world population 3.Box-What is a family?   4.Facts about families  Diverse Family Forms  More options  Trends in the Aging Family   Longer Life Span  More Needs for Caregiving  5.Changes In Diversity-Race And Ethnicity Current Versus Future Population in the U.S.  The Changing Landscape of the Population 6.Changes in socioeconomic status Increased Standard of Living for Most  Continued Inequality 7.Changes in health  Healthier than before  Chronic illness  Communicable Illness  Health Disparities 8.Summary  9.Critical Thinking Questions   Chapter 2. Diversity in American Society   The story is one of diversity in the 21st century. Begins with postmodern theory about diversity of society etc. Diversity is about changing landscape of more common and visible types of families.  Chapter Objectives 1.Theory of postmodern complex life Increasing diversity of families 2.Modern versus traditional 3.Increasing diversity of realities Major trends in intimate relationships: the impact on aging families  Divorce  Remarriage and stepfamilies  Single parenting  Cohabitation  Singlehood   Childlessness  Box-Childfree by Choice   DINKS  LGBTQ Families  Families of Choice  Biracial and Multiracial\/Multiethnic Families  Religiosity 4.Traditional Pulls 5.Summary 6.Critical Thinking Questions   Chapter 3- Changing Gender Roles: Effects on Aging Experience   Women now are coming of age during time of more options, different family patterns, more work, more likely to have different expectations of men. For many older women, they came of age in the 1970s, during the women’s revolution, after the civil rights movement, and during a time when the world was opening up to them.   Chapter Objectives 1.Feminist Theory  Six Propositions 2.Changes in Gendered Lives Over Time Spouse  Parenting  Worker 3.Gender, Dating and Sexuality Dating   Sexuality in Later Life  STIs and Aging 4.Widowhood 5.Social Roles, Sex Roles, and Mental Health 6.Summary 7.Critical Thinking Questions  Chapter 4. Parenthood Later In Life   Provides an overview of having children in later life, and issues relevant to all parents as they get older.    Chapter Objectives 1.The life course paradigm increasing heterogeneity   2.Increasing Age at First Birth 3.Reproductive Medicine and Technology Advanced maternal age-women 35 and over  chart- Risks and Benefits of Women Having Children Over 35  Down Syndrome  Table 5.1 Incidence of Down syndrome by age of mother  Box-World’s Oldest Moms  Twins and multiples 4.Older Parents and Psychosocial Implications Boomerang children 5.Intergenerational linkages The Sandwich Generation 6.Transfers 7.Dispossession 8.Summary 9.Critical Thinking Questions  Chapter 5. Work and Retirement   The story of how people interact with their cohort and the social structure. Each cohort is different because it is had different experiences. New cohorts will be different from before because women have worked, more educated population, rise of technology. How economic and family issues affect work careers, retirement etc.  Chapter Objectives 1.Theory-age stratification 2.Changes in the dependency ratio 3.Changes in estimated work life Estimated Work Life  Work in later life  Work and Family in Later Life  Retirement  Duration and Reasons for Increase in retirement  BOX—Financial Planning for Retirement  Phased retirement  Savings in later life  The great recession and the effects on working  Debt   Unemployment 4.Summary 5.Critical Thinking Questions  Chapter 6. Activities in Later Life   The story to tell is about activities in later life, work, and retirement with trends in both early retirement and working later in life. Activities may center around things people liked to do their whole life, but also when an extra 30 years is appended to a life. One activity is increasing grandparenting. Discussion of where seniors live.  Chapter Objectives 1.Theory-activity theory and continuity theory 2.Activities in later life More leisure time and opportunities  Consumerism: America’s favorite hobby-shopping?  The other side 3.Travel and adult education programs 4.Grandparenting extended time grandparenting, quality and quantity  grandparenting as an identity  styles of grandparenting  Box-an example of custodial living  Divorce\/reconstituted families and grandparents 5.Moving, activities and families in later life 6.Technology Connectivity and social media  7.Summary 8.Critical Thinking Questions  Chapter 7. Health and Caregiving   Story is that we are living longer, and generally healthier. There’s been an expansion of morbidity, but also a compression. We can be healthier longer, but have new things to worry about such as wear and tear of joints, being kept alive artificially too long etc. Increasing need for caregiving.  Chapter Objectives 1.Theory-cumulative advantage and disadvantage 2.Improved health overall, vitality and aging well Health  Activities of daily living  D. Expansion versus compression of morbidity  E. Socioeconomic status and health  F. Caregiving  caregiving measures  men’s caregiving  increase in male caregiving 10.Need for social support 11.Alzheimer’s disease-a special case in caregiving and social support Box-warning signs of Alzheimer’s Disease 12.Living arrangements 13.Assistive technology 14.Assisted Care, Advanced Care Planning, and End-of-Life Decisions 15.Summary 16.Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 8. Conclusion   Chapter Objectives 1.Introduction 2.Societal Changes 3.Dominant Social Changes: Future Directions for Society 1.Technology and Communication 2.Globalization and families 3.Intercultural marriage and increasing heterogeneity of families 4.Increased distance from families 5.Increased choices for living arrangements 6.More social roles for later life  4.Elder Mistreatment 5.Summary 6.Critical Thinking Questions  GLOSSARY   REFERENCES   INDEX","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48886213116247,"sku":"9781538104347","price":53.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538104347.jpg?v=1722539232","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/families-and-aging-9781538104347","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}