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| Elderly parents' need for help and adult children's moving decisions | | Author(s) | Outi Jolanki |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 29, nos 1-2, January-June 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-June 2015 |
| Pages | pp 77-91 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Daughters as carers ; Employees ; House removal ; Family care ; Family relationships ; Finland. |
| Annotation | Recent changes in Finnish welfare policies have increased the need for family involvement in eldercare. This article uses qualitative interviews to study working adult daughters' reasons for moving in with their parent(s). Co-residence was linked to the parents' need for support, but also to the daughters' life situations, family histories, the availability of welfare services, and cultural norms and values. The interviewees used the "familist" and "independent life" discourses in their speech. The familist discourse was used to argue for co-residence as a natural continuation of family traditions and life history, whereas the independent life discourse was used to legitimise the need for alternative care options and having a home of their own. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150724214 A |
| Classmark | P6:SSH: WK: TNH: P6:SJ: DS:SJ: 76L |
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