The Child-Parent Caregiving Relationship in Later Life
Psychosocial Experiences
By Bethany Morgan Brett
Published
Jun 1, 2023Page count
152 pagesISBN
978-1447319696Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jun 1, 2023Page count
152 pagesISBN
978-1447319290Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
The Child-Parent Caregiving Relationship in Later Life
This book presents a poignant and sensitive account of the challenges faced by adult children when making difficult decisions about care for and with their ageing parents in later life.
It offers new insights into the practical, emotional and physical effects that witnessing the ageing and death of parents has on those in late midlife and how these relationships are negotiated during this phase of the life course.
The author uses a psychosocial approach to understand the complexity of the experience of having a parent transition to care and the ambiguous feelings that these decisions evoke.
Bethany Morgan Brett is currently working as a child and adolescent psychodynamic psychotherapist and freelance academic. She has previously held lecturing positions in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex and the Department of Psychosocial Studies at the University of East London.
Introduction;
The Generational Shift;
Negotiating Family Relationships;
Becoming a Parent’s Parent;
Transitions to Care;
Life in a Residential Care Home;
The Death of Parents in Later Life;
Conclusions.
