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| Counseling adult children of aging parents | | Author(s) | Paul S Haggan |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 24, no 4, June 1998 |
| Pages | pp 333-348 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Parents over 60 as carers ; Family relationships ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Projections from the US Census Bureau indicate that by the year 2020, the number of Americans 65 years and older will increase from the present 33.2 million to 53 million, making one in six, versus the current one in eight, a senior citizen. Adult children and their ageing parents are not prepared in ways to effectively cope with increased longevity and fewer caregivers. The prevailing trend in parent care leaves adult children grossly unprepared to meet both personal needs and the developmental needs of their parents. This creates an opportunity for mental health professionals to assist in changes with societal implications that may enrich the lives of many generations. With reference to adult children and ageing parents, issues of dependency, loneliness, communication, developmental decline, alternative living arrangements, and their implications for mental health professionals are examined in this article. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980811230 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: P6:BB: DS:SJ: 7T |
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