Publication details
Péče o staré rodiče - nový úděl mladších seniorů?
| Title in English | Caring for old parents - new life stage of younger seniors? |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sociální práce/Sociálna práca |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | ageing and family; intergenerational relations; caregiving |
| Description | This review study deals with a phenomenon of adult children`s caregiving for their aging parents. The author starts from the idea of new stage in the life course of younger seniors. She points to factors leading to a possible emergency of this phenomenon as well as to facts which might affect family willingness to care for old relatives. Based on the foreign and the Czech literature sources she provides the profile of caregivers and problems they might face. She presents possible ways of interventions which might ease the life of caregivers. |
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