Support for Older Parents in Need in Europe: The Role of the Social Network and of Individual and Relational Characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Adult children form the backbone of informal care for older parents. To date, limited attention has been paid to the complex mechanism of providing support to older parents. The present study investigated mezzo- and micro-level correlates of provision of support to older parents. The focus was on the child-parent relationship in childhood and in the present.

Research design and methods

Data were derived from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The analytic sample comprised respondents who participated in SHARE Waves 6-8 and reported having an unhealthy mother (N = 1,554) or father (N = 478). We used hierarchical logistic regression to address 3 models including individual resources, child-parent characteristi

SUBMITTER: Cohen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195565 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature