TY - BOOK AU - Breheny,Mary AU - Stephens,Christine Vivienne ED - New Zealand. TI - Older adults' experience of family life T2 - Blue Skies report (Online), SN - 9780478328011 (internet) U1 - 306.870846 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Wellington, N.Z. PB - Families Commission KW - Older people KW - Family relationships KW - New Zealand KW - Families N1 - Archived by the National Library of New Zealand; Title from PDF cover (viewed on Jan. 11, 2008); Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional; "Blue Skies Fund"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36); Acknowledgements--; Executive Summary --; 1; Introduction: --; 1.1; Older adults in New Zealand --; 1.2; What is the Family? --; 1.3; Importance of Family --; 1.4; Family Formation --; 1.5; Summary --; 2; Method: --; 2.1; Participants --; 2.2; Data Collection --; 2.3; Data Analysis --; 3; Results: --; 3.1; Linked Lives: --; 3.1.1; Importance of family --; 3.1.2; Who are family? --; 3.1.3; Family ties are never broken --; 3.1.4; Like family --; 3.1.5; Spouses and partners --; 3.1.6; Siblings --; 3.1.7; Children --; 3.1.8 Grandparents --; 3.1.9; Grandchildren --; 3.1.10; Maintaining contact --; 3.1.11; Summary --; 3.2; Independent Living: --; 3.2.1; Independent individuals --; 3.2.2; Independent nuclear family --; 3.2.3; Encouraging children's independence --; 3.3; Contradictions in Linked and Independent Lives: --; 3.3.1; Caring --; 3.3.2; Reciprocity --; 3.3.3; Summary --; 4; Discussion: --; 4.1; Family --; 4.2; Changing family structure --; 4.3; Independence --; 4.4; Caring --; 4.5; Reciprocity --; 4.6; Conclusions --; Appendix 1; Interview schedule --; References UR - http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/content-aggregator/getIEs?system=ilsdb&id=1271349 ER -