Acknowledgements Preface 1.Introduction to Aging Families 2.Data and Methods 3.Structure of the Chapters 4.Organization of the book Chapter 1. Introduction to Aging Families Provides an overview of major social changes in aging Vignette-Older woman who is more what the face of the future will be than what is today Chapter Objectives 1.Increase of older adult population The Baby Boomers Life Expectancy in the United States The past, present, and future Box-How to become a centenarian 2.Changes in world population Box about future world population 3.Box-What is a family? 4.Facts about families Diverse Family Forms More options Trends in the Aging Family Longer Life Span More Needs for Caregiving 5.Changes In Diversity-Race And Ethnicity Current Versus Future Population in the U.S. The Changing Landscape of the Population 6.Changes in socioeconomic status Increased Standard of Living for Most Continued Inequality 7.Changes in health Healthier than before Chronic illness Communicable Illness Health Disparities 8.Summary 9.Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 2. Diversity in American Society The story is one of diversity in the 21st century. Begins with postmodern theory about diversity of society etc. Diversity is about changing landscape of more common and visible types of families. Chapter Objectives 1.Theory of postmodern complex life Increasing diversity of families 2.Modern versus traditional 3.Increasing diversity of realities Major trends in intimate relationships: the impact on aging families Divorce Remarriage and stepfamilies Single parenting Cohabitation Singlehood Childlessness Box-Childfree by Choice DINKS LGBTQ Families Families of Choice Biracial and Multiracial/Multiethnic Families Religiosity 4.Traditional Pulls 5.Summary 6.Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 3- Changing Gender Roles: Effects on Aging Experience Women now are coming of age during time of more options, different family patterns, more work, more likely to have different expectations of men. For many older women, they came of age in the 1970s, during the women's revolution, after the civil rights movement, and during a time when the world was opening up to them. Chapter Objectives 1.Feminist Theory Six Propositions 2.Changes in Gendered Lives Over Time Spouse Parenting Worker 3.Gender, Dating and Sexuality Dating Sexuality in Later Life STIs and Aging 4.Widowhood 5.Social Roles, Sex Roles, and Mental Health 6.Summary 7.Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 4. Parenthood Later In Life Provides an overview of having children in later life, and issues relevant to all parents as they get older. Chapter Objectives 1.The life course paradigm increasing heterogeneity 2.Increasing Age at First Birth 3.Reproductive Medicine and Technology Advanced maternal age-women 35 and over chart- Risks and Benefits of Women Having Children Over 35 Down Syndrome Table 5.1 Incidence of Down syndrome by age of mother Box-World's Oldest Moms Twins and multiples 4.Older Parents and Psychosocial Implications Boomerang children 5.Intergenerational linkages The Sandwich Generation 6.Transfers 7.Dispossession 8.Summary 9.Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 5. Work and Retirement The story of how people interact with their cohort and the social structure. Each cohort is different because it is had different experiences. New cohorts will be different from before because women have worked, more educated population, rise of technology. How economic and family issues affect work careers, retirement etc. Chapter Objectives 1.Theory-age stratification 2.Changes in the dependency ratio 3.Changes in estimated work life Estimated Work Life Work in later life Work and Family in Later Life Retirement Duration and Reasons for Increase in retirement BOX-Financial Planning for Retirement Phased retirement Savings in later life The great recession and the effects on working Debt Unemployment 4.Summary 5.Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 6. Activities in Later Life The story to tell is about activities in later life, work, and retirement with trends in both early retirement and working later in life. Activities may center around things people liked to do their whole life, but also when an extra 30 years is appended to a life. One activity is increasing grandparenting. Discussion of where seniors live. Chapter Objectives 1.Theory-activity theory and continuity theory 2.Activities in later life More leisure time and opportunities Consumerism: America's favorite hobby-shopping? The other side 3.Travel and adult education programs 4.Grandparenting extended time grandparenting, quality and quantity grandparenting as an identity styles of grandparenting Box-an example of custodial living Divorce/reconstituted families and grandparents 5.Moving, activities and families in later life 6.Technology Connectivity and social media 7.Summary 8.Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 7. Health and Caregiving Story is that we are living longer, and generally healthier. There's been an expansion of morbidity, but also a compression. We can be healthier longer, but have new things to worry about such as wear and tear of joints, being kept alive artificially too long etc. Increasing need for caregiving. Chapter Objectives 1.Theory-cumulative advantage and disadvantage 2.Improved health overall, vitality and aging well Health Activities of daily living D. Expansion versus compression of morbidity E. Socioeconomic status and health F. Caregiving caregiving measures men's caregiving increase in male caregiving 10.Need for social support 11.Alzheimer's disease-a special case in caregiving and social support Box-warning signs of Alzheimer's Disease 12.Living arrangements 13.Assistive technology 14.Assisted Care, Advanced Care Planning, and End-of-Life Decisions 15.Summary 16.Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 8. Conclusion Chapter Objectives 1.Introduction 2.Societal Changes 3.Dominant Social Changes: Future Directions for Society 1.Technology and Communication 2.Globalization and families 3.Intercultural marriage and increasing heterogeneity of families 4.Increased distance from families 5.Increased choices for living arrangements 6.More social roles for later life 4.Elder Mistreatment 5.Summary 6.Critical Thinking Questions GLOSSARY REFERENCES INDEX
