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Guest Editorial: The FAMSUP network and its comparative studies of family support for frail older people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

KAREN GLASER ,
DOUGLAS A. WOLF  and
CECILIA TOMASSINI
KAREN GLASER
Affiliation:
Institute of Gerontology, King's College London, London, UK.
DOUGLAS A. WOLF
Affiliation:
Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University, New York, USA.
CECILIA TOMASSINI
Affiliation:
Department of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
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The aim of this special issue is to examine the relationships between support for older people and various socio-demographic, cultural and policy factors in selected European countries and the United States, using the international comparative perspective developed by the members of the Family Support for Older People: Determinants and Consequences (FAMSUP) network. Four of the included papers were delivered by network members at a symposium on ‘Family Support for Older People: International Comparisons’ that was held at the International Sociological Association (ISA) Inter-Congress Conference on Ageing Societies and Ageing Sociology: Diversity and Change in a Global World at the University of Surrey, Roehampton, in the suburbs of London (7–9 September 2004). Another paper, by Jim Ogg, a FAMSUP member, and Sylvie Renaut, investigates family networks among older people using data from the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).

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Ageing & Society , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , September 2006 , pp. 689 - 692
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2006 Cambridge University Press