Story: Midlife adults
Page 5 – External links and sources
More links and websites
Changing roles: the pleasures and pressures of being a grandparent in New Zealand
A Families Commission report on grandparents, published in February 2010 (PDF, 1.23 MB).
Combining work and eldercare: a study of employees in two city councils who provide informal care for older people
A Department of Labour study (PDF, 146 KB).
Enhancing wellbeing in an ageing society
A multi-year research programme that looks to improve the future wellbeing of older people.
Mature workers in New Zealand
Information about mature workers from Career Services.
Wisanow
A social networking site for midlife women.
More suggestions and sources
Breheny, Mary, and Christine Stephens. Older adults’ experiences of family life: linked lives and independent living: a qualitative analysis of interviews with thirty-six older adults. Wellington: Families Commission, 2007.
Fleming, Robin. The common purse: income sharing in New Zealand families. Auckland: Auckland University Press; Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1997.
The Kiwi nest: 60 years of change in New Zealand families. Wellington: Families Commission, 2008.
Koopman-Boyden, P., ed. Transactions in the mid-life family. Hamilton: Population Association of New Zealand, 2000.