Directed towards researchers and practitioners in family studies and gerontology, this completely revised Second Edition of Family Relationships in Later Life p

The introductory essays and readings, drawn from both literature and social science research, vividly illustrate the diversity of aging experiences both within

This book looks at the familial lives of older Americans, including those who have never married or become parents.

Brubaker focuses on family relationships during the later stages of the family life cycle, and reviews research studies on family patterns in later life. The au

A product of the Kent Psychology Forum 1989, the book focuses on how older adults and their families cope with the vicissitudes of later life.