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| The transfer of resources from middle-aged children to functionally limited elderly parents: providing time, giving money, sharing space | | Author(s) | Rachel F Boaz, Jason Hu, Yongjia Ye |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 39, no 6, December 1999 |
| Pages | pp 648-657 |
| Keywords | The Family ; Parents ; Children [offspring] ; Middle aged ; Family care ; Living with family ; Financial services [older people] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The transfer of resources from middle-aged children to their functionally limited older parents was addressed in this study, from the perspective of the children who may allocate time to caregiving, share household space, and give money to parents. A simultaneous equations model estimated the extent to which the three modes of transfer were interdependent, given the parents' needs for resources and the children's ability to provide them. Caregiving was the primary mode of resource transfer and was of overriding importance for individuals who depended daily on help from other persons. Co-residence and financial assistance complemented direct human assistance and, at the margin, had a substantially large effect on caregiving time. It is, therefore, relevant to consider all modes of transfer in order to better understand how families accommodate the needs of their frail and disabled members. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000410406 A |
| Classmark | SJ: SR: SS: SE: P6:SJ: KA:SJ: J: 7T |
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