Caregiving contexts : cultural, familial, and societal implications

Introduction: caregiving in context / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz

Sociocultural contexts

Demographic change and the future of informal caregiving / Peter Uhlenberg and Michelle Cheuk

Choosing between paid elder care and unpaid help from adult children: the role of relative prices in the care decision / Richard W. Johnson

Commitment to caring: filial responsibility and the allocation of support by adult children to older mothers / Merril Silverstein, Stephen Conroy, and Daphna Gans

Cross-national variations in elder care: antecedents and outcomes / Ariela Lowenstein, Ruth Katz, and Nurit Gur-Yaish

Familial contexts

Spouses caring for spouses: untangling the influences of relationship and gender / Eleanor Palo Stoller and Casey Schroeder Miklowski

Division of care among adult children / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz

Children in caregiving families / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz

Sociopolitical contexts

Workplace policies and caregiving / Eliza K. Pavalko, Kathryn A. Henderson, and Amanda Cott

Caregiving policies in the United States: framing a national agenda / Steven K. Wisensale

Family care for elders in Europe: policies and practices / Gerdt Sundström [and others]

Caregiving contexts: implications for research and policy / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey