| Description |
xv, 262 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: diversity of lifestyles among the elderly / Linda Ade-Ridder and Charles B. Hennon -- I. Long-term marriages : 2. Long-term marriages: a critical review / Michael J. Sporakowski and Leland V. Axelson -- 3. Relationship characteristics of couples married for 30 years or more: a four-sample replication / Janette M. Copeland, Maragaret A. Bugaighis, and Walter R. Schumm -- 4. Quality of marriage: a comparison between golden wedding couples and couples married less than 50 years / Linda Ade-Ridder -- 5. Family strengths in long-term marriages / Robert F. MacKinnon, Carol E. MacKinnon, and Mary L. Franken -- 6. Relationship quality in long-term marriages: a comparison of high-quality and low-quality marriages / Charles Lee Cole -- 7. Five factors in long-term marriages / Clifford H. Swensen, Ron W. Eskew, and Karen A. Kohlhepp -- 8. Effects of work and retirement within long-term marital relationships / Georgeanna M. Tryban -- 9. Who is responsible for household tasks in long-term marriages of the "young-old" elderly? / Timothy H. Brubaker and Beth I. Kinsel -- II. Family and friends : 10. Life satisfaction and family strengths of older couples / Gregory F. Sanders and James Walters -- 11. Relationships between marital quality and social and familial interactions by residential location: implications for human service professionals / Ellie Brubaker and Linda Ade-Ridder -- 12. Friendships in late life: a rural-urban comparison / Karen A. Roberto and Jean Pearson Scott -- 13. The grandparenting role / Mary S. Link -- 14. Teenagers' reported interaction with grandparents: exploring the extent of alienation / Mary Dellman-Jenkins, Diane Papalia, and Martha Lopez -- III. Importance of health : 15. Home safety and health: a quality-of-life issue for the elderly / Jane M. Cardea and Concetta M. Tynan -- 16. Postponement of health care by widowed, divorced, and never-married older men / Pat M. Keith -- 17. The social and psychological benefits of involvement in corporate fitness programs through retirement / William Rudman -- IV. Caregiving issues : 18. Parents of adults with developmental disabilities: age and reasons for reluctance to use another caregiver / Jean L. Engelhardt, Victoria D. Lutzer, and Timothy H. Brubaker -- 19. The sibling relationship as a housing alternative to institutionalization in later life / Dolores Cabic Borland -- 20. Adult day care participation among impaired elderly / Charles M. Barresi and Donna J. McConnell |
| Notes |
"Chapters 2-20 in this volume are reprinted ... from Lifestyles : a journal of changing patterns, volume 7, numbers 2 and 4, and volume 8, numbers 3 and 4"--T.p. verso |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 235-250 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Older volunteers -- United States.
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Older people -- United States -- Attitudes.
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Older people -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Lifestyles -- United States.
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Lifestyles.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
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Aged.
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Family.
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Life Style.
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| Author |
Ade-Ridder, Linda.
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Hennon, Charles B.
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| LC no. |
88008997 |
| ISBN |
0898854474 |
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