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Patricia Drentea

Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Topics of expertise
  • Aging
  • Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities)

Email: pdrentea@uab.edu
Twitter/X: @Pdrentea

Dr. Patricia Drentea is Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She wrote the book Families & Aging (published by Rowman & Littlefield). Her work is published in many journals including the Journal of Family Issues, The Gerontologist, The Journal of Health and Social Behavior, among others.

Last Updated: 12/15/25