{"product_id":"homeward-bound-modern-families-elder-care-and-loss-hardcover","title":"Homeward Bound: Modern Families, Elder Care, and Loss - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Ziettlow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNaomi Cahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomeward Bound\u003c\/em\u003e shows that as family structure becomes more complex, so too does elder care, and existing institutions and legal approaches are not prepared to handle those complexities. As 79 million American Baby Boomers approach old age, their diverse family structures mean the burden of care will fall on a different cast of family members than in the past. Our current approaches are based on an outdated caregiving model that presumes life-long connection between the parents and offspring, with the existence of high internal norm cohesion among family members providing a valuable safety net for caregiving. Single parent and remarried parent-led families are far more complicated, fragile, and point to the need for increased formal support from the religious, medical, legal, and public policy communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe base our analysis on in-depth, qualitative interviews with surviving grown children and stepchildren whose mother, father, stepparent, or ex-stepparent died. Their stories illustrate the profound ways that the caregiving, mourning, and inheritance process has changed in ways not adequately reflected in formal legal, medical, and religious tools. The solutions center on awareness and preparation: providing more support for individual planning for incapacity and death and, even more importantly, creating legal, political, and social planning for the \"graying of America\" at a time of increasingly complex familial ties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Ziettlow\u003c\/strong\u003e is Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for American Values and a frequent contributor to The Atlantic and Huffington Post. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNaomi Cahn\u003c\/strong\u003e is Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, George Washington University, and co-author of\u003cem\u003e Red Families v. Blue Families\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMarriage Markets \u003c\/em\u003e(both with Oxford University Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753888776480,"sku":"9780190261092","price":80.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b4d2dc3c11345c9253debca9acb185b3.webp?v=1780028940","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/homeward-bound-modern-families-elder-care-and-loss-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}