The Child-Parent Caregiving Role in Later Life : Psychosocial Experiences /
This book presents a poignant and sensitive account of the challenges faced by adult children when making difficult decisions about care for and with their ageing parents in later life. It offers new insights into the practical, emotional and physical effects that witnessing the ageing and death of...
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| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Project Muse. distributor. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Bristol : Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press, 2023. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Midlife and the adult child
- Becoming a carer
- The transition to care
- Materiality, clothing, and embodiment in care
- Social connections and relationship building in residential care
- The loss of parents in later life
- Final reflections
- Researching the child-parent caregiving relationship
- Participant charts
- References
- Index of participants
- Index of subjects