HECOL 615
Families and Aging
Fall 2016
Readings
- R. Blieszner & V. Bedford, (Eds.) (2012). Handbook of Families and Aging, New York. Praeger
- 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
- Silverstein, M. (2014). Foreword (and farewell). The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, gbu156
- 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
- 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
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
Readings
- Waugh, E. & Mackenzie, L. (2011). Ageing well from an urban Indigenous Australian perspective. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 58(1), 25-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1440
- Addis, S., Davies, M., Greene, G., MacBride-Stewart, S., & Shepherd, M. (2009). The health, social care, and housing needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older people: A review of the literature. Health and Social Care in the Community, 17(6), 647–658. Doi:
- 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
- Keating, N., Kwan, D., Hillcoat-Nalletamby, S., & Burholt, V. (in press). Evidence review of intergenerational relationships: Experiences and attitudes in the new millennium. Report to the UK Government’s Foresight Future of Ageing project. [Hyperlink to be provided]
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- HECOL 615 FAMILIES AND AGING · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- 2015-Fall-HECOL-615-SEMINAR-A2 ↗2015
- 2016-Fall-HECOL-615-SEMINAR-A1 ↗2016
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