Pat Chambers

Family Practices in Later Life

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There is a lack of gerontological literature on the experience and complexity of living in older families lived experience, family relationships, 'doing' family life, meanings of family life, connectedness, etc. This book contributes to redressing that imbalance. The book explores diversity and change in the family relationships which older people maintain, looking at how family relationships are constructed and organized in later life. It recognizes that the emerging patterns are a consequence of the choices and decisions negotiated within family networks, emphasizing older people's agency in the construction of their family practices. In ex… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Allan, Graham / Phillipson, Chris

ISBN: 978-1-84742-053-4
EAN: 9781847420534
Produktnummer: 33457164
Verlag: Policy Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 124 S.
Masse: H24.1 cm x B17.0 cm x D1.3 cm 386 g
Gewicht: 386

Über den Autor

Pat Chambers is a senior lecturer in Social Work at Keele University, teaching on undergraduate and post-graduate programmes in social work and social gerontology. Her research interests focus on 'ordinary lives' in the context of growing older and the application of this knowledge to social work with older people. Chris Phillipson is Professor of Applied Social Studies and Social Gerontology, at Keele University. His disciplinary background is sociology where he has specialised in the field of ageing. Mo Ray is a registered social worker and has spent many years in practice as a social worker for older people. Currently Mo works as a lecturer in Social Work at Keele University and is postgraduate Director of the Masters in Social Work programme. Graham Allan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Keele. His research has focused principally on the sociology of informal relationships, including friendships, family ties, and community sociology.