Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volume 41

Black Older Adults in the Era of Black Lives Matter

Roland Thorpe, Linda Chatters, Jessica Kelley
Springer Publishing
348 pages
ISBN: 9780826166319
December 2021

This book reflects an important moment in the continuing development and maturation of research and scholarship on the lives of older Black Americans. It includes literature reviews and empirical analyses on a broad range of topics, including physical and mental health status, psychosocial factors and health, biomarkers, cognitive health, social networks and relationships, social isolation and loneliness, marriage and romantic relationships, discrimination, and cancer caregiving within the family context. In addition, it examines issues familiar to gerontology, such as relationships with family, intimate partners, and fictive kin.