Aging Parents' Disabilities and Daily Support Exchanges With Middle-Aged Children.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Aging parents often incur disabilities in activities of daily living, which may limit their ability to give support and necessitate increased support from middle-aged children. Research has predominantly assessed disabled parents' retrospective reports of receiving support, but we know little about their daily support exchanges with middle-aged children. This study examined practical support, emotional support, and advice that aging parents with and without disabilities provided and received from middle-aged children, and links between these support exchanges and parents' daily mood.

Research design and methods

Aging parents (N = 202, Mage = 79.86) from the Family Exchanges Study II indicated their disabilities and background characteristics. They a

SUBMITTER: Huo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6137346 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature