Families and Retirement
Families and Retirement

Author: Maximiliane Szinovacz

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1992-03-10

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0803941951

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What are the long term effects of retirement on family relationships? Do personality characteristics or attitudes of one spouse impinge on the other spouse's retirement plans and adjustment? What differences exist in the ways males and females adapt to retirement? Leading researchers in the fields of family studies and gerontology present enlightening information on the impact of retirement on family relations. Original essays focus on gender and ethnic differences, the role of children, siblings, and significant others, and the multiple changes retirement creates in marriage. In addition, a variety of theoretical models, existing research, and methodological problems in studying retired families are explored. Families and Retirement is essential reading for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in gerontology, sociology, social work, family psychology, and policy studies. "This is a well-written book. The editors have done a great job in selecting chapter authors whose research is important and directly related to the focus of the book. . . . The book will be an excellent text for sociology classes focusing mainly on retirement. It will also serve well as a supplemental text in gerontology, family studies, economics, and other college and university courses wherein retirement is studied." --Journal of Marriage and the Family "Just when it seems too complex a task to produce a text that addresses retirement from the perspective of the family, a new work appears that does just that. . . . The editors have successfully expanded [the] traditional concern with the individual by choosing studies showing relationships and issues on aspects of retirement and family." --Family Relations

Families in Later Life
Families in Later Life

Author: Ilene Wolcott

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13:

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This paper explores aspects of retirement and family relationships in the lives of Australian men and women aged 50-70 years. The paper is based on data collected from the 1996 Australian Institute of Family Studies Later Life Families Study, a national random sample of men and women aged 50-70 years. The linkages between family circumstances and retirement expectations and experiences are related to policy implications for the provision of a range of government benefits and community services. Discussion includes retirement age and timing; reasons for retirement; determinants of retirement adjustment and life satisfaction; social participation; couples, families and retirement; role of the family; predictors of ease in retirement; planning for retirement.

Family Relationships in Later Life
Family Relationships in Later Life

Author: Timothy H. Brubaker

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0803933223

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Directed towards researchers and practitioners in family studies and gerontology, this completely revised Second Edition of Family Relationships in Later Life provides an innovative new collection of research-based descriptions on family relations of older people. Each chapter summarizes existing literature on the topic and provides up-to-date original research. Topics addressed include: sibling relationships in later life; widowhood; ethnic differences; elder abuse and mistreatment; family care; and health problems.

A Couple's Guide to Happy Retirement
A Couple's Guide to Happy Retirement

Author: Sara Yogev

Publisher: Workman

Published: 2013-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781938301124

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"This is a much needed guide to the psychological aspects of retirementand how to make your retirement relationship happy, fruitful, loving, and successful ... drawing from actual accounts of retired couples this book: helps you prepare emotionally for the dramatic life changes during retirement; coaches you to find new purposes to your life beyond work; nurtures the relationship with your companion to strengthen your friendship and love; explores sexuality after retirement and how you can enjoy each other as much as you did as a younger couple; recommends strategies to successfully deal with differences around money, time together versus apart, housework, and family relationships. It is crucial that couples prepare themselves and their marriages psychologically for what could very well comprise a quarter of their lives."--Back cover.

Handbook of Families and Aging
Handbook of Families and Aging

Author: Rosemary Blieszner

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-09-20

Total Pages: 627

ISBN-13: 0313381747

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This comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook and reference volume in family gerontology reviews and critiques the recent theoretical, empirical, and methodological literature; identifies future research directions; and makes recommendations for gerontology professionals. This book is both an updated version of and a complement to the original Handbook of Families and Aging. The many additions include the most recent demographic changes on aging families, new theoretical formulations, innovative research methods, recent legal issues, and death and bereavement, as well as new material on the relationships themselves—sibling, partnered, and intergenerational relationships, for example. Among the brand-new topics in this edition are step-family relationships, aging families and immigration, aging families and 21st-century technology, and peripheral family ties. Unlike the more cursory summaries found in textbooks, the essays within Handbook of Families and Aging, Second Edition provide thoughtful, in-depth coverage of each topic. No other book provides such a comprehensive and timely overview of theory and research on family relationships, the contexts of family life, and major turning points in late-life families. Nevertheless, the contents are written to be engaging and accessible to a broad audience, including advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers, and gerontology practitioners. Serious lay readers will also find this book highly informative about contemporary family issues.

For Better Or for Worse-- But Not for Lunch
For Better Or for Worse-- But Not for Lunch

Author: Sara Yogev

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780809297207

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The only guide to overcoming the psychological stresses that can ruin a marriage after retirement People are retiring earlier and wealthier than ever before. Why, then, are so many retired couples, instead of having the times of their lives together, becoming so angry, alienated, and estranged? Written by a psychologist specializing in work-family issues, "For Better or for Worse...But Not for Lunch explores this troubling trend and provides readers with the information and tools they need to make their relationships thrive in retirement. This is the first book devoted entirely to planning for the psychological aspects of retirement and its impact on marriage. With the help of vivid case studies from her files, Dr. Yogev illustrates common psychological and emotional problems--such as loss of a sense of purpose, too much togetherness, fights over friends and grandchildren, and tension over money--that can put undue stress on a marriage after retirement and describes her proven conflict-resolving, relationship-building techniques.

Can I Retire Yet?
Can I Retire Yet?

Author: Darrow Kirkpatrick

Publisher: StructureByDesign

Published: 2016-05-20

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780989283021

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You've worked hard, lived carefully, and saved diligently. You've reached major milestones and accumulated more assets than you dreamed possible, and yet you hesitate. ""Can I retire?"" This book will help answer that question by showing you.... The tools you need to live a secure and independent retirement, without worrying about money What you must know before leaving a career behind How much it will cost you to live in retirement, and how to manage your cash flow The current choices for retirement health care, including lesser-known but effective options The threat from inflation: two secrets that politicians and bankers will never admit A realistic assessment of the impact that income taxes will have on your retirement Social Security's role in your retirement: when you should claim and how much it's worth to you How to construct and manage an investment portfolio for income and growth in retirement About immediate annuities and why you need multiple sources of retirement income The key variables and unknowns in your retirement withdrawal equation Reviews of the best retirement calculators, and tips for how to use them accurately Beyond the simplistic 4% Rule to the latest research on safe withdrawal rates Realistic bracketing of your retirement savings needs, without over caution or overconfidence The history of economic cycles and the related asset classes for optimal retirement security A survey of strategies plus original research for how to orchestrate your retirement distributions A practical "retirement fuel gauge" alerting you to problems while you still have time to act Backup plans: the "lifeboat strategies" for ensuring you'll never be without essential income The 6 crucial questions to answer before you can retire The one, simple, powerful, non-financial reason that you can and should retire earlier than later