Families in Ageing Societies

• Introduction ; 1. The Challenge for Families of Demographic Ageing ; 2. Models of Kinship from the Developed World ; 3. One Happy Family? Sources of Intergenerational Solidarity and Tension As Contemporary U.S. Society Ages ; 4. The Availability and Supportive Functions of Extended Kinship Ties in Later Life: evidence from the Berlin Ageing Study ; 5. Intergenerational Relationships Among Stepfamilies in the UK ; 6. Working Carers in the European Union ; 7. Family Support of the Elderly and Female Labour Supply: Trade-Offs Among Caregiving, Financial Transfers, and Work - Evidence from the U.S. Health and Retirement Survey ; 8. Social Care for Older People: The Growth of Independent-Sector Provision in the UK ; 9. Inheritance and Intergenerational Relationships in English Families ; 10. The American Family as a Context for Healthy Ageing

...an excellent account of family change that will be of value to students, researchers and academics alike.