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| The carer careers of son and daughter primary carers of their very old parents in Norway | | Author(s) | Tor Inge Romoren |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 23, part 4, July 2003 |
| Pages | pp 471-486 |
| Keywords | Sons as carers ; Daughters as carers ; Time duration ; Longitudinal surveys ; Norway. |
| Annotation | Longitudinal data from the Larvik study in Norway are used to analyse the caring activities of sons and daughters who were the primary caregiver to a parent aged 80 or more. The study - of 227 offspring caregivers - examined the illnesses and disabilities, the informal and formal care received until their deaths of all those aged 80+ in the town in 1981. After the older person's death, the next-of-kin was interviewed about the informal care provided by relatives and friends during the same time span. The sequences and contents of the care-giving activities differed little for son or daughter caregivers, except during a short escalation phase. The average duration of the care recipients' stays in acute or long-term care institutions before death did not differ by the gender of the carer. Compared with many earlier studies, few gender differences in offspring caregiving activities were found. The findings suggest that the potential of sons to provide informal care to frail older parents is underestimated in modern societies. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030721205 A |
| Classmark | P6:SSA: P6:SSH: 4N: 3J: 76N |
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