Aging Alone? The Well-being of Older Adults without Close Kin

Rachel Margolis (University of Western Ontario)

Family members provide many important functions such as childcare, financial support and caregiving. Because of demographic changes, older people today may have fewer kin to reply on than in the past. This lecture addresses changes in family networks among older adults and the implications for health, well-being and social integration.

This series of lectures has been prepared with partnership with Rotman Institute of Philosophy and Western University Philosophy Department