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HECOL 615

Families and Aging

3 units

Fall 2016

Readings

  • R. Blieszner & V. Bedford, (Eds.) (2012). Handbook of Families and Aging, New York. Praeger
    unspecified
  • Bengtson, V. L., & Allen, K. R. (2009). The life course perspective applied to families over time. In Sourcebook of family theories and methods (pp. 469-504). Springer US
    recommended
  • Silverstein, M. (2014). Foreword (and farewell). The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, gbu156
    recommended
  • Suanet, B., van der Pas, S., & van Tilburg, T. G. (2013). Who is in the stepfamily? Change in stepparents' family boundaries between 1992 and 2009. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(5), 1070-1083
    recommended
  • Penning, M. J., & Wu, Z. (2014). Marital status, childlessness, and social support among older Canadians. Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 33, 426-447
    recommended
Fall 2015

Topics

  • Describe how older adults and families are interdependent with various environments and navigate facilitating and constraining factors as they age
  • Describe issues of care and dependency within the context of normative changes in later life families

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