The Child-Parent Caregiving Relationship in Later Life - by Bethany Morgan Brett (Paperback)

About the Book

"This book presents a sensitive account of the challenges faced by adult children when making difficult decisions about care for and with their ageing parents in later life. It offers new insights into the practical, emotional and physical effects that witnessing the ageing and death of parents has on those in late midlife and how these relationships are negotiated during this phase of the life course. The author uses a psychosocial approach to understand the complexity of the experience of having a parent transition to care and the ambiguous feelings that these decisions evoke."--Page 4 of cover.

Book Synopsis

This book presents a sensitive account of the challenges faced by adult children when making difficult decisions about care for and with their ageing parents in later life.

It offers new insights into the practical, emotional and physical effects that witnessing the ageing and death of parents has on those in late midlife and how these relationships are negotiated during this phase of the life course.

The author uses a psychosocial approach to understand the complexity of the experience of having a parent transition to care and the ambiguous feelings that these decisions evoke.

Review Quotes

"This book offers an engaging nuanced view into the emotional complexities of midlife caregiving for an aging parent. With its interdisciplinary theoretical framing, the book would be valuable to academics and graduate students in gerontology, social work, and human development, adult-child caregivers considering LTC, and LTC staff to support residents and their adult-children." Journal of Applied Gerontology

About the Author

Bethany Morgan Brett is Research Fellow at City, University of London. She has previously held lecturing positions in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex and the Department of Psychosocial Studies at the University of East London.