Researching Social Gerontology

VOLUME ONE: AGEING AND PLACES
PART ONE: HOME AND HOUSING
The Home Environment of Older People - Robert Rubinstein
A Description of the Psychosocial Processes Linking Person to Place
Situating ′Home′ at the Nexus of the Public and Private Spheres - Anne Martin-Matthews
Ageing, Gender and Home Support Work in Canada
The Home as a Site for Long-Term Care - Isabel Dyck et al
Meanings and Management of Bodies and Spaces
Relationships between Housing and Health Aging in Very Old Age - Frank Oswald et al
The Outcomes of Re-Housing Older Homeless People - Maureen Crane and Anthony Warnes
A Longitudinal Study
PART TWO: NEIGHBORHOODS
The Surveillance Zone as Meaningful Space for the Aged - Graham Rowles
The Contributions of Race, Individual Socioeconomic Status and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context on the Self-Rated Health Trajectories and Mortality of Older Adults - Li Yao and Stephanie Robert
Neighborhood-Level Cohesion and Disorder - Kathleen Cagney et al
Measurement and Validation in Two Older Adult Urban Populations
The Relationship of Built Environment to Perceived Social Support and Psychological Distress in Hispanic Elders - Scott Brown et al
The Role of ′Eyes on the Street′
Natural Neighborhood Networks - Paula Gardner
Important Social Networks in the Lives of Older Adults Aging in Place
PART THREE: COMMUNITIES
Becoming ′at Home′ in Assisted-Living Residences - Malcolm Cutchin, Steven Owen and Pei-Fen Chang
Exploring Place Integration Processes
Managing Decline in Assisted Living - Mary Ball et al
The Key to Aging in Place
A City within a City - Mary Byrnes
A ′Snapshot′ of Aging in a HUD 202 in Detroit, Michigan
These White Walls - Kevin McHugh and Elizabeth Larson-Keagy
The Dialectic of Retirement Communities
′This Is Where We Buried Our Sons′ - Janet Seeley et al
People of Advanced Old Age Coping with the Impact of the AIDS Epidemic in a Resource-Poor Setting in Rural Uganda
PART FOUR : MIGRATION
Predictors of Non-Local Moves among Older Adults - Charles Longino et al
A Prospective Study
How Left behind Are Rural Parents of Migrant Children? Evidence from Thailand - John Knodel et al
Contribution of Residential Relocation and Lifestyle to the Structure of Health Trajectories - Song-lee Hong and Li-Mei Chen
There′s No Place Like Home - Joseph Sabia
A Hazard Model Analysis of Aging in Place among Older Home Owners in the PSID
VOLUME TWO: SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND AGEING
PART ONE: FAMILY AND FICTIVE KIN
Challenges in Moving from Macro to Micro - Katharina Herlofson and Gunhild Hagestad
Population and Family Structures in Ageing Societies
Intergenerational Co-Residence and Family Transitions in the United States, 1850-1880 - Steven Ruggles
Beyond the Nuclear Family - Vern Bengston
The Increasing Importance of Multigenerational Bonds
Grandparent-Grandchild Ties - Candace Kemp
Reflections on Continuity and Change across Three Generations
Perspectives on Extended Family and Fictive Kin in the Later Years - Katherine Allen, Rosemary Bleiszner and Karen Roberto
Strategies and Meanings of Kin Re-Interpretation
PART TWO: FRIENDSHIP
Gender and Friendship Norms among Older Adults - Diane Felmlee and Anna Muraco
Friendships among People with Dementia in Long-Term Care - Kate de Medeiros et al
PART THREE: CARE AND CAREGIVING RELATIONSHIPS
Family Responsibility and Caregiving in the Qualitative Analysis of the Alzheimer′s Disease Experience - Jaber Gubrium
The Health Implications of Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in China - Feinian Chen and Guangya Liu
Does Providing Tangible Support to Children Enhance Life Satisfaction of Older Chinese Women? The Role of Perceived Filial Piety of Children - Man Guo and Iris Chi
Emotional Health of Black and White Dementia Caregivers - Ishan Williams
A Contextual Examination
Growing Old in the Era of a High Prevalence of HIV/AIDS - Chantal Munthree and Pranitha Maharaj
The Impact of AIDS on the Older Men and Women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A Framework for Categorizing Social Interactions Related to End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes - Mercedes Berg-Klug
PART FOUR: SOCIAL ROLES, NETWORKS AND RESOURCES
The Social Structuring of Mental Health over the Adult Life Course - Philippa Clarke et al
Advancing Theory in the Sociology of Aging
Profiles of Social Relations among Older Adults - Katherine Fiori, Toni Antonucci and Hiroko Akiyama
A Cross-Cultural Approach
Gender, Marital Status and Ageing - Sara Arber
Linking Material, Health and Social Resources
Financial Strain, Negative Social Interaction and Self-Related Health - Neal Krause, Jason Newsom and Karen Rook
Evidence from Two United States Nationwide Longitudinal Surveys
PART FIVE: SOCIAL CONTACT AND ENGAGEMENT
Age Trends in Daily Social Contact Patterns - Benjamin Cornwell
Age and Loneliness in 25 European Nations - Keming Yang and Christina Victor
Civic Engagement among Older Chinese Internet Users - Bo Xie
Writing about Age, Birthdays and the Passage of Time - Bill Bytheway
VOLUME THREE: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, THE LIFE COURSE AND AGEING
PART ONE: THE STATE AND SOCIAL POLICY
The Devolution of Risk and the Changing Life Course in the United States - Angela O′Rand
State Care Provision, Societal Opinion and Children′s Care of Older Parents in 11 European Countries - Klaus Haberkern and Marc Szydlik
Inter-Generational Transfers of Time and Money in European Families - Marco Albertini, Martin Kohli and Claudia Vogel
Common Patterns - Different Regimes?
Political Mediation and the Impact of the Pension Movement on U.S. Old-Age Policy - Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren and Sheera Joy Olasky
PART TWO: WORK AND THE LIFE COURSE
Reasoning with Case Studies - Victor Marshall
Issues of an Aging Workforce
Generational Affinities and Discourses of Difference - Julie Ann McMullin, Tammy Duerden Comeau and Emily Jovic
A Case Study of Highly Skilled Information Technology Workers
Labour Market Transitions and the Erosion of the Fordist Lifecycle - Jill Quadagno, Melissa Hardy and Lawrence Hazelrigg
Discarding Older Workers in the Automobile Manufacturing and Banking Industries in the United States
Age Discrimination, Social Closure and Employment - Vincent Rosigno et al
Changing Employment Patterns of Women in Germany - Julia Simonson, Laura Romeu Gordo and Nadiya Titova
How Do Baby Boomers Differ from Other Cohorts? A Comparison Using Sequence Analysis
PART THREE: RETIREMENT, INCOME AND INEQUALITY
Incorporating Diversity - Toni Calasanti
Meaning, Levels of Research and Implications for Theory
Leisure Activities and Retirement - Simone Scherger, James Nazroo and Paul Higgs
Do Structures of Inequality Change in Old Age?
Shifts in Public-Private Provision of Retirement Income - Brian Gran
A Four-Country Comparison
Retirement and Wealth Relationships - Gabriela Topa et al
Meta-Analysis and SEM
PART FOUR: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTIONS
Inspection Visits in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly - Cristina Flores, Alan Bostrom and Robert Newcomer
The Effects of a Policy Change in California
The ′Regulated Death′ - Katherine Froggatt
A Documentary Analysis of the Regulation and Inspection of Dying and Death in English Care Homes for Older People
Substitution between Formal and Informal Care - Linda Pickard
A ′Natural Experiment′ in Social Policy in Britain between 1985 and 2000
Reconceptualizing the Relationship between ′Public′ and ′Private′ Elder Care - Catherine Ward-Griffin and Victor Marshall
Medicaid Cost-Savings of Home and Community-Based Service Programs for Older Persons in Florida - Adam Shapiro, Chung-Ping Loh and Glenn Mitchell II
PART FIVE: OTHER SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Aging Contested - John Vincent
Anti-Ageing Science and the Cultural Construction of Old Age
Association of Religious Participation with Mortality among Chinese Old Adults - Yi Zeng, Danan Gu and Linda George
VOLUME FOUR: CROSS-CUTTING EPOSITEMOLOGICAL ISSUES
PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL BASES OF INQUIRY
Comparative Ageing Research - Clemens Tesch-Roemer and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz
A Flourishing Field in Need of Theoretical Cultivation
Stress and the Life Course - Leonard Pearlin and Marilyn McKean Skaff
A Paradigmatic Alliance
Aging and Cumulative Inequality - Kenneth Ferraro and Tetyana Shippee
How Does Inequality Get under the Skin?
Identifying Connections between the Subjective Experience of Health and Quality of Life in Old Age - Maria-Eugenia et al
Place in Occupational Science - Graham Rowles
A Life-Course Perspective on the Role of Environmental Context in the Quest for Meaning
Life Stories to Understand Diversity - Janet Giele
Variations by Class, Race and Gender
PART TWO: DESIGN AND MEASUREMENT
Generating Large-Scale Longitudinal Data Resources for Aging Research - John Gallacher and Scott Hofer
Instrument Development, Study Design Implementation and Survey Conduct for the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project - Stephen Smith et al
Who Participates? Accounting for Longitudinal Retention in the MIDUS National Study of Health and Well-Being - Barry Radler and Carol Ryff
Later-Life Mental Health in Europe - George Ploubidis and Emily Grundy
A Country-Level Comparison
Conceptualization and Measurement of Quality of Life in Dementia - Meryl Brod et al
The Dementia Quality of Life Instrument (DQoL)
How Valid Are the Responses to Nursing Home Survey Questions? Some Issues and Concerns - Denise Tyler et al
PART THREE: CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH
Cross-Cultural Gerontology Research Methods - Iris Chi
Challenges and Solutions
Advancing the Science of Recruitment and Retention of Ethnically Diverse Populations - Anna Nápoles and Letha Chadiha
The Development of Culturally Sensitive Measures for Research on Ageing - Berit Ingersoll-Dayton
PART FOUR: PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH AND ETHICS
Culture Change in Long-Term Care - Robin Shura, Rebecca Siders and Dale Dannefer
Participatory Action Research and the Role of the Resident
Lessons from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project - Martha Doyle and Virpi Timonen
Older People′s and Researchers′ Reflections
Interviews on End-of-Life Care with Older People - Sabine Pleschberger et al
Reflections on Six European Studies
Understanding Aging and Disability Perspectives on Home Care - Phillip Clark
Uncovering Facts and Values in Public-Policy Narratives and Discourse