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The ageing of parent carers: classed and gendered care-giving patterns at higher ages
Ageing & Society ( IF 3.718 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-12 , DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x21000799
Ursula Henz 1
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Increasing longevity has led to a rising number of adult children who are at higher ages when they provide care for their parents. Drawing on the lifecourse approach and exchange theory, the paper addresses similarities and differences in parent care between late middle-aged and older adult children. The study uses the UK Household Longitudinal Study, restricting the analysis sample to individuals aged 50 and older with a living parent or parent-in-law. It presents multivariate models to examine differences between late middle-aged (aged 50–64) and older (aged 65+) children in being a parent carer, providing intensive care, the duration of parent care and providing selected types of help to parents. The involvement in parent care increases among women up to the end of their seventh decade of life and for men up to their eighth decade of life. At higher ages, the proportion of parent carers decreases more strongly for women than men. Older carers have shorter care-giving episodes than younger carers, but there is no significant difference in the type of care provided. Even past retirement age, parent care remains classed and gendered, with women from lower social classes having the highest likelihood of providing intensive parent care in old age. Having dependent children or living in a non-marital union depress the likelihood of caring for a parent even past retirement age.



中文翻译:

父母照顾者的老龄化:更高年龄段的分类和性别照顾模式

寿命的延长导致越来越多的成年子女在照顾父母时处于更高的年龄。借鉴生命历程方法和交换理论,本文探讨了中年晚期和老年成年子女在父母照顾方面的异同。该研究使用英国家庭纵向研究,将分析样本限制为 50 岁及以上且父母或岳父母在世的个人。它提出了多变量模型来检查中晚期(50-64 岁)和老年(65 岁以上)儿童在成为父母照顾者、提供重症监护、父母照顾的持续时间以及向父母提供选定类型的帮助方面的差异。女性在生命的第七个十年结束时和男性在生命的第八个十年中参与父母照顾的情况有所增加。在较高的年龄,女性的父母照顾者比例下降幅度大于男性。年长的护理人员比年轻的护理人员提供护理的时间更短,但所提供的护理类型没有显着差异。即使过了退休年龄,父母的照顾仍然是有等级和性别的,来自较低社会阶层的女性最有可能在晚年提供密集的父母照顾。有受抚养子女或生活在非婚姻生活中会降低照顾父母甚至超过退休年龄的可能性。来自较低社会阶层的女性最有可能在年老时为父母提供重症监护。有受抚养子女或生活在非婚姻生活中会降低照顾父母甚至超过退休年龄的可能性。来自较低社会阶层的女性最有可能在年老时为父母提供重症监护。有受抚养子女或生活在非婚姻生活中会降低照顾父母甚至超过退休年龄的可能性。

更新日期:2021-07-12
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