juggling work, family, and caregiving in middle and working class families /
First Statement of Responsibility
Deborah M. Merrill.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Auburn House,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 232 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-223) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Illustrations of Caregiving -- Ch. 3. Becoming the Caregiver for a Frail Parent: Processes and Pathways -- Ch. 4. Siblings and the Division of Labor: Conflict and Cooperation -- Ch. 5. The Race from Home to the Office: Managing Work and Caregiving -- Ch. 6. Stress and Implications for Family Life -- Ch. 7. Daughters-in-Law as Caregivers -- Ch. 8. The Caregiving Career -- Ch. 9. Just Plain Folk: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender -- Ch. 10. Policy Implications -- Ch. 11. Conclusions -- Appendix. Methodology.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Based on open-ended interviews with adult children and children-in-law, this book documents how plain folk from the working and middle classes manage to provide care for their frail, elderly parents while simultaneously meeting the obligations of their jobs and their own immediate families.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
OverDrive, Inc.
Stock Number
5F9B7803-706B-432D-8800-E753A7495447
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Caring for elderly parents.
International Standard Book Number
9780865692695
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Aging parents-- Care.
Aged.
Caregivers-- psychology.
Long-Term Care.
Parent-Child Relations.
Parents.
Aging parents-- Care.
Bejaarden.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Abuse-- Child Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Adoption & Fostering.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Parenting-- General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Parenting-- Parent & Adult Child.