In The Best Interest Of The (Adult) Child: Ideas About Kinship Care Of Older Adults.

نویسندگان

  • Tezra Jennings
  • Tam E Perry
  • Julia Valeriani
چکیده

This article uses a qualitative, ethnographic approach to examine the experiences older adults and their kin, as the older adult engages in relocation. Studies looking at caregiving by kin for older adults highlight burdens for the adult child. This study offers a life course perspective on kinship care, analyzing older adults' decisions' to move. It was found that many older adults are strongly influenced by the desire to not be cared for by their kin as well as to select housing near their existing social network, which might exclude kin. In conclusion, policy implications are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of family social work

دوره 17 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014