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Adult children and parental care-giving
— making sense of participation patterns among siblings | | Author(s) | Anu M Leinonen |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 2, February 2011 |
| Pages | pp 308-327 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Family care ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Employees ; Siblings ; Family relationships ; Finland. |
| Annotation | The study analysed Finnish working carers' perceptions of their sibling relations and the sharing of responsibility for parental care, and the rationales that interviewees provided regarding the participation or non-participation of their siblings in the parents' care. The study used data from a subset of 20 qualitative interviews conducted as part of the WoCaWo (Working Carers - Caring Workers) research project on Finnish working carers. The article reports on findings on the equity of the division of care responsibilities among siblings, and identifies three participation patterns: absence (where siblings did not participate in parental care), backup (where siblings provided occasional backup), and togetherness (where primary carers emphasised close ties among siblings and caring was shared). All the interviewees offered rationales for unequal division of care tasks and responsibilities among siblings, and the article discusses these rationales and their variations by participation patterns. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110421007 A |
| Classmark | P6: P6:SJ: P6:SS: WK: SV: DS:SJ: 76L |
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