The Child-Parent Caregiving Relationship in Later Life: Psychosocial Experiences

This book presents a 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.

Author: Bethany Morgan Brett
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 08/08/2023
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9781447319696

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2024

About the Author
Bethany Morgan Brett is Research Fellow at City, University of London. 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.