Physical Description:xv, 294 p. : ill ; 24 cm. print
Publisher:New York : Springer Pub., c2008.
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Introduction : caregiving in context / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- 2. Demographic change and the future of informal caregiving / Peter Uhlenberg and Michelle Cheuk -- 3. Choosing between paid elder care and unpaid help from adult children : the role of relative prices in the care decision / Richard W. Johnson -- 4. Commitment to caring : filial responsibility and the allocation of support by adult children to older mothers / Merril Silverstein, Stephen Conroy and Daphna Gans -- 5. Cross-national variations in elder care : antecedents and outcomes / Ariela Lowenstein, Ruth Katz and Nurit Gur-Yaish -- 6. Spouses caring for spouses : untangling the influences of relationship and gender / Eleanor Palo Stoller and Casey Schroeder Miklowski -- 7. Division of care among adult children / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- 8. Children in caregiving families / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz -- 9. Workplace policies and caregiving / Eliza K. Pavalko, Kathryn A. Henderson and Amanda Cott -- 10. Caregiving policies in the United States : framing a national agenda / Steven K. Wisensale -- 11. Family care for elders in Europe : policies and practices / Gerdt Sundstrom, Bo Malmberg, Mayte Sancho Castiello, Elena del Barrio, Penelope Castejon, Maria Angeles Tortosa and Lennarth Johansson -- 12. Caregiving contexts : implications for research and policy / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey.
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