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Whom do centenarians rely on for support?
— findings from the second Heidelberg Centenarian Study | | Author(s) | Kathrin Boerner, Daniela S Jopp, Min-Kyung S Park, Christoph Rott |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Social Policy, vol 28, no 3, July-September 2016 |
| Publisher | Routledge, July-September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 165-186 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline,com |
| Keywords | Centenarians ; Informal care ; Personal relationships ; Social contacts ; Quantitative studies ; Germany. |
| Annotation | This paper provides a detailed picture of the sources and types of informal support available to German centenarians, depending on their housing and care arrangements. Participants were 112 centenarians and 96 primary contacts of centenarians enrolled in the population-based Second Heidelberg Centenarian Study. Findings indicate that children of centenarians were their primary source of support in daily life. Those without living children had less help overall. Most frequently reported was help with administrative tasks, regardless of centenarians' residence or living arrangement. All other types of help (e.g. with activities of daily living and housework) were reported by about one-third and were mostly provided by children; centenarians without children were more likely to have friends or neighbours involved in some of these tasks. The one category reported by a third of the centenarians - regardless of residence, living arrangements, or presence of a child - was help with socialising or companionship. Findings constitute an important step toward identifying and meeting the support needs of centenarians and their families. Policy implications are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160805228 A |
| Classmark | BBT: P6: DS: TOA: 3DQ: 767 |
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