Researching Social Gerontology

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• VOLUME ONE: AGEING AND PLACESPART ONE: HOME AND HOUSINGThe Home Environment of Older People - Robert RubinsteinA Description of the Psychosocial Processes Linking Person to PlaceSituating ′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 alMeanings and Management of Bodies and Spaces Relationships between Housing and Health Aging in Very Old Age - Frank Oswald et alThe Outcomes of Re-Housing Older Homeless People - Maureen Crane and Anthony WarnesA Longitudinal Study PART TWO: NEIGHBORHOODSThe Surveillance Zone as Meaningful Space for the Aged - Graham RowlesThe 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 RobertNeighborhood-Level Cohesion and Disorder - Kathleen Cagney et alMeasurement 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 alThe Role of ′Eyes on the Street′Natural Neighborhood Networks - Paula GardnerImportant Social Networks in the Lives of Older Adults Aging in PlacePART THREE: COMMUNITIESBecoming ′at Home′ in Assisted-Living Residences - Malcolm Cutchin, Steven Owen and Pei-Fen ChangExploring Place Integration Processes Managing Decline in Assisted Living - Mary Ball et alThe Key to Aging in Place A City within a City - Mary ByrnesA ′Snapshot′ of Aging in a HUD 202 in Detroit, MichiganThese White Walls - Kevin McHugh and Elizabeth Larson-KeagyThe 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 : MIGRATIONPredictors of Non-Local Moves among Older Adults - Charles Longino et alA Prospective Study How Left behind Are Rural Parents of Migrant Children? Evidence from Thailand - John Knodel et alContribution of Residential Relocation and Lifestyle to the Structure of Health Trajectories - Song-lee Hong and Li-Mei ChenThere′s No Place Like Home - Joseph SabiaA Hazard Model Analysis of Aging in Place among Older Home Owners in the PSID VOLUME TWO: SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND AGEINGPART 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 BengstonThe Increasing Importance of Multigenerational Bonds Grandparent-Grandchild Ties - Candace KempReflections on Continuity and Change across Three Generations Perspectives on Extended Family and Fictive Kin in the Later Years - Katherine Allen, Rosemary Bleiszner and Karen RobertoStrategies and Meanings of Kin Re-Interpretation PART TWO: FRIENDSHIPGender and Friendship Norms among Older Adults - Diane Felmlee and Anna MuracoFriendships among People with Dementia in Long-Term Care - Kate de Medeiros et alPART THREE: CARE AND CAREGIVING RELATIONSHIPSFamily 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 LiuDoes Providing Tangible Support to Children Enhance Life Satisfaction of Older Chinese Women? The Role of Perceived Filial Piety of Children - Man Guo and Iris ChiEmotional 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 MaharajThe 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 alAdvancing Theory in the Sociology of Aging Profiles of Social Relations among Older Adults - Katherine Fiori, Toni Antonucci and Hiroko AkiyamaA Cross-Cultural Approach Gender, Marital Status and Ageing - Sara ArberLinking Material, Health and Social Resources Financial Strain, Negative Social Interaction and Self-Related Health - Neal Krause, Jason Newsom and Karen RookEvidence from Two United States Nationwide Longitudinal Surveys PART FIVE: SOCIAL CONTACT AND ENGAGEMENTAge Trends in Daily Social Contact Patterns - Benjamin CornwellAge and Loneliness in 25 European Nations - Keming Yang and Christina VictorCivic Engagement among Older Chinese Internet Users - Bo XieWriting about Age, Birthdays and the Passage of Time - Bill BythewayVOLUME THREE: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, THE LIFE COURSE AND AGEINGPART ONE: THE STATE AND SOCIAL POLICYThe Devolution of Risk and the Changing Life Course in the United States - Angela O′RandState Care Provision, Societal Opinion and Children′s Care of Older Parents in 11 European Countries - Klaus Haberkern and Marc SzydlikInter-Generational Transfers of Time and Money in European Families - Marco Albertini, Martin Kohli and Claudia VogelCommon 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 OlaskyPART TWO: WORK AND THE LIFE COURSEReasoning with Case Studies - Victor MarshallIssues of an Aging Workforce Generational Affinities and Discourses of Difference - Julie Ann McMullin, Tammy Duerden Comeau and Emily JovicA Case Study of Highly Skilled Information Technology WorkersLabour Market Transitions and the Erosion of the Fordist Lifecycle - Jill Quadagno, Melissa Hardy and Lawrence HazelriggDiscarding Older Workers in the Automobile Manufacturing and Banking Industries in the United States Age Discrimination, Social Closure and Employment - Vincent Rosigno et alChanging Employment Patterns of Women in Germany - Julia Simonson, Laura Romeu Gordo and Nadiya TitovaHow Do Baby Boomers Differ from Other Cohorts? A Comparison Using Sequence Analysis PART THREE: RETIREMENT, INCOME AND INEQUALITYIncorporating Diversity - Toni CalasantiMeaning, Levels of Research and Implications for Theory Leisure Activities and Retirement - Simone Scherger, James Nazroo and Paul HiggsDo Structures of Inequality Change in Old Age? Shifts in Public-Private Provision of Retirement Income - Brian GranA Four-Country Comparison Retirement and Wealth Relationships - Gabriela Topa et al Meta-Analysis and SEM PART FOUR: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTIONSInspection Visits in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly - Cristina Flores, Alan Bostrom and Robert NewcomerThe Effects of a Policy Change in California The ′Regulated Death′ - Katherine FroggattA Documentary Analysis of the Regulation and Inspection of Dying and Death in English Care Homes for Older PeopleSubstitution between Formal and Informal Care - Linda PickardA ′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 MarshallMedicaid Cost-Savings of Home and Community-Based Service Programs for Older Persons in Florida - Adam Shapiro, Chung-Ping Loh and Glenn Mitchell IIPART FIVE: OTHER SOCIAL INSTITUTIONSAging Contested - John VincentAnti-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 GeorgeVOLUME FOUR: CROSS-CUTTING EPOSITEMOLOGICAL ISSUES PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL BASES OF INQUIRYComparative Ageing Research - Clemens Tesch-Roemer and Hans-Joachim von KondratowitzA Flourishing Field in Need of Theoretical Cultivation Stress and the Life Course - Leonard Pearlin and Marilyn McKean SkaffA Paradigmatic Alliance Aging and Cumulative Inequality - Kenneth Ferraro and Tetyana ShippeeHow Does Inequality Get under the Skin? Identifying Connections between the Subjective Experience of Health and Quality of Life in Old Age - Maria-Eugenia et alPlace in Occupational Science - Graham RowlesA Life-Course Perspective on the Role of Environmental Context in the Quest for MeaningLife Stories to Understand Diversity - Janet GieleVariations by Class, Race and Gender PART TWO: DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTGenerating Large-Scale Longitudinal Data Resources for Aging Research - John Gallacher and Scott HoferInstrument Development, Study Design Implementation and Survey Conduct for the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project - Stephen Smith et alWho Participates? Accounting for Longitudinal Retention in the MIDUS National Study of Health and Well-Being - Barry Radler and Carol RyffLater-Life Mental Health in Europe - George Ploubidis and Emily GrundyA Country-Level Comparison Conceptualization and Measurement of Quality of Life in Dementia - Meryl Brod et alThe Dementia Quality of Life Instrument (DQoL)How Valid Are the Responses to Nursing Home Survey Questions? Some Issues and Concerns - Denise Tyler et alPART THREE: CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCHCross-Cultural Gerontology Research Methods - Iris ChiChallenges and Solutions Advancing the Science of Recruitment and Retention of Ethnically Diverse Populations - Anna Nápoles and Letha ChadihaThe Development of Culturally Sensitive Measures for Research on Ageing - Berit Ingersoll-DaytonPART FOUR: PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH AND ETHICSCulture Change in Long-Term Care - Robin Shura, Rebecca Siders and Dale DanneferParticipatory Action Research and the Role of the Resident Lessons from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project - Martha Doyle and Virpi TimonenOlder 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 ClarkUncovering Facts and Values in Public-Policy Narratives and Discourse