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GRANDPARENTHOOD IN CANADA
Carolyn J. Rosenthal, Ph.D. McMaster Centre for Gerontological Studies, McMaster University and James Gladstone, Ph.D. School of Social Work, McMaster University (2000)
About the authors Carolyn J. Rosenthal, Ph.D., is Professor of Gerontology and Sociology and Director of the McMaster Centre for Gerontological Studies at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. She has been studying aging families for 20 years, with a particular interest in relationships among older parents, adult children, and grandchildren. She has served as Social Sciences Editor of the Canadian Journal on Aging, and is the incoming Editor-in-Chief of that journal. Her publications include, Aging Families : Have Current Changes and Challenges Been Oversold? in E. Gee and G. Gutman (eds.), The Overselling of Population Aging: Apocalyptic Demography, Generational Challenges and Social Policy, Oxford University Press, 2000. James Gladstone is an Associate Professor in The School of Social Work at McMaster University. He is especially interested in the intergenerational family and the