Employed women and their aging family convoys: A life course model of parent care assessment and intervention

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 101-121

  Parker, M W ^a,b   Call, Vaughn R A ^c   Toseland, Ronald ^d   Vaitkus, Mark ^e   Roff, Lucinda ^f   Martin, James A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e U S ARMY WAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^g Graduate School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Caregiving assessment and intervention; Caregiving resources; Life course; Midlife; Parent care; Women and work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007807092     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v40n01_07     Document Type: Article

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