Foreword / Barry D. Lebowitz -- Pt. I. Background -- Ch. 1. Women in the Middle: How It Happened -- Ch. 2. Scope of Parent Care -- Ch. 3. The Effects of Caregiving -- Ch. 4. Values About Women's Roles and Care of the Aged -- Pt. II. Subjective Experiences -- Ch. 5. Introduction -- Ch. 6. On Becoming the Primary Caregiver: The Caregiving Daughters and Their Siblings -- Ch. 7. Six Major Subjective Themes and A Variation -- Pt. III. Diversity Among Caregivers -- Ch. 8. Diversity in Ages and Stages -- Ch. 9. Diversity in Marital Status: Introduction and a Research Survey -- Ch. 10. Married Daughters (and Their Husbands and Children): Ten Case Histories and a Comment -- Ch. 11. Daughters Without Partners -- I. Widowed Daughters: Two Case Histories and a Comment -- II. Divorced and Separated Daughters: Four Case Histories and a Comment -- III. Never-Married Daughters: Two Case Histories and a Comment -- Ch. 12. Caregiving Daughters-in-Law (The Proxy Primaries): Seven Case Histories and a Comment -- Ch. 13. Commentary on the Marital Status Case Studies -- Ch. 14. Diversity in Work Status -- Ch. 15. Racial & Ethnic Diversity / Avalie Saperstein -- Pt. IV. Nursing Homes, Community Services, and Living Arrangements for Older People -- Ch. 16. Nursing Home Placement: A Painful Decision -- Ch. 17. Some Developments in Community Services and Residential Settings / Avalie Saperstein -- Pt. V. Unfinished Business -- Ch. 18. Unfinished Business on the Parent Care Agenda
Notes
"New ISBN 0826163823 c2006 by Springer Publishing Company, Inc."--T.p. verso
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-367) and index