Description: First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Review Quotes:
"I think the international perspective is an especially useful approach in that the increasing number of older adults who will need care and thepermanent connection between caregivers and the work force is indeed a global issue. I commend the authors for gathering such a broad and distinguished group of scholars to address these issues" - Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich, Boston College
"This path-breaking collection provides an innovative approach to understanding the intersections of work-life balance and care-giving for frail older people. It challenges traditional research on care-giving by emphasizing the complex negotiations of care amongst caring networks, and across multiple paid care providers. This timely volume produces a novel theoretical approach to care-giving research. Anne Martin-Matthews and Judith Phillips have assembled a galaxy of the best researchers in aging from six countries to produce a truly international collection. It will advance current thinking in different cultural, social and economic contexts, throwing into sharp relief new ideas about work-life balance, and the family, while also critically addressing issues of gender, race, and ethnicity. This book will become a classic in new research approaches to care-giving" - Sara Arber, Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG), University of Surrey