Caring for Stepparents in Later Life

“Most people agree with the idea that families have a responsibility to care for older family members. Yet some changes in family life have brought up new questions about caring for the elderly. What happens when a parent divorces and then remarries later in life? Should adult children care for the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Suzanna Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2012-04-01
Series:EDIS
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ojs.test.flvc.org/edis/article/view/119714
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1825204440783650816
author Suzanna Smith
author_facet Suzanna Smith
author_sort Suzanna Smith
collection DOAJ
description “Most people agree with the idea that families have a responsibility to care for older family members. Yet some changes in family life have brought up new questions about caring for the elderly. What happens when a parent divorces and then remarries later in life? Should adult children care for the stepparent as well as the parent? These questions are becoming more and more important as individuals live longer and growing numbers of older adults divorce and remarry…” This transcript of a two-minute Family Album Radio broadcast was published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, March 2012.
format Article
id doaj-art-da4075fff16941b1ae72d9eb825ab792
institution Kabale University
issn 2576-0009
language English
publishDate 2012-04-01
publisher The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
record_format Article
series EDIS
spelling doaj-art-da4075fff16941b1ae72d9eb825ab7922025-02-07T14:11:42ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092012-04-0120124Caring for Stepparents in Later LifeSuzanna Smith0University of Florida“Most people agree with the idea that families have a responsibility to care for older family members. Yet some changes in family life have brought up new questions about caring for the elderly. What happens when a parent divorces and then remarries later in life? Should adult children care for the stepparent as well as the parent? These questions are becoming more and more important as individuals live longer and growing numbers of older adults divorce and remarry…” This transcript of a two-minute Family Album Radio broadcast was published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, March 2012. https://ojs.test.flvc.org/edis/article/view/119714FM460
spellingShingle Suzanna Smith
Caring for Stepparents in Later Life
EDIS
FM460
title Caring for Stepparents in Later Life
title_full Caring for Stepparents in Later Life
title_fullStr Caring for Stepparents in Later Life
title_full_unstemmed Caring for Stepparents in Later Life
title_short Caring for Stepparents in Later Life
title_sort caring for stepparents in later life
topic FM460
url https://ojs.test.flvc.org/edis/article/view/119714
work_keys_str_mv AT suzannasmith caringforstepparentsinlaterlife