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Family Ties and Aging in Changing and Challenging Times

Thursday, 19 July 2018: 10:30-12:20
Location: 204 (MTCC NORTH BUILDING)
RC11 Sociology of Aging (host committee)

Language: English

Invited Session. Five papers will take a critical approach to trends in family ties in mid- and later life and their connection to challenging social, political and economic realities in several Western countries. Continuity and change in partnering, family formation and relationship dissolution across the life course are explored and related to other social trends. Particular attention is paid to changing intimate ties in mid- and later life including same-sex relationships, alternatives to marriage and their implications for securing personal and economic security; shifting demands for familial support and capacities to provide it; and the negotiation of informal and formal support from both public and private sources.
Session Organizer:
Ingrid Arnet CONNIDIS, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Chair:
Ingrid Arnet CONNIDIS, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Oral Presentations
226.1
From Society of Widows to Society of Divorcees – Late Life Singlehood Revisited
Torbjörn BILDTGÅRD, Stockholm University, Sweden; Peter ÖBERG, University of Gavle, Sweden
226.2
Family Ties & Aging in Changing and Challenging Times: When Care Comes Home
Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWS, Department of Sociology, The University of British Columbia, Canada
226.3
Assisted Living Residents’ Informal Care Convoys: A Focus on Non-Traditional Helpers
Molly M PERKINS, Emory University, USA; Candace KEMP, Georgia State University, USA; Mary BALL, Emory University, USA; Elisabeth O BURGESS, Georgia State University, USA; Andrea FITZROY, Georgia State University, USA; Carole HOLLINGSWORTH, Georgia State University, USA
226.4
Negotiation and Development of New Intimate Relationships in Later Life
Peter ÖBERG, University of Gavle, Sweden; Torbjörn BILDTGÅRD, University of Gavle, Sweden
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