Family Relationships and Support in Later Life

Popular notions that older people are abandoned and neglected by their families, or that older people do not have families, are, in fact, myths. Most older Canadians are engaged in a variety of family relationships that include spouses, children, grandchildren and siblings. The importance of particu...

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Published in:Journal of Canadian studies 1993-04, Vol.28 (1), p.122-138
Main Authors: Rosenthal, Carolyn J, Gladstone, James
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Aging problems. Death
Children
Families
Families & family life
Older people
Siblings
Social conditions
Social research
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Spouses
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Siblings
Social conditions
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Spouses
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