Women as Caregivers of the Elderly: Instrumental and Expressive Support

Abstract

Susan R. Sherman, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Social Welfare and Faculty Research Associate, Ringel Institute of Gerontology, State University of New York at Albany, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. Russell A. Ward, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany. Mark LaGory, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 1985. Research reported here was funded under Grant No. MH32999 from the Center for Studies of the Mental Health of the Aging of the National Institute of Mental Health. The authors are grateful to N. Hooyman for her suggestions during the preparation of this article. Susan R. Sherman, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Social Welfare and Faculty Research Associate, Ringel Institute of Gerontology, State University of New York at Albany, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. Russell A. Ward, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany. Mark LaGory, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 1985. Research reported here was funded under Grant No. MH32999 from the Center for Studies of the Mental Health of the Aging of the National Institute of Mental Health. The authors are grateful to N. Hooyman for her suggestions during the preparation of this article. Susan R. Sherman, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Social Welfare and Faculty Research Associate, Ringel Institute of Gerontology, State University of New York at Albany, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. Russell A. Ward, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany. Mark LaGory, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 1985. Research reported here was funded under Grant No. MH32999 from the Center for Studies of the Mental Health of the Aging of the National Institute of Mental Health. The authors are grateful to N. Hooyman for her suggestions during the preparation of this article.