Co-residence of adult children and aging parents : an option for care in old age?

Mandič, Srna (author)

The article explores the views of three age groups among the Slovenian population about co-residence as one option for filial care of the aged, by using interviews obtained in the DEMHOW project. Co-residence between adult children and their parents was found to be the most important reference point for seeking a solution to the problem of a frail elderly person, unable to care for herself. Co-residence was the starting point for consideration, the first option to examine. The interviews revealed two significant underlying concerns among people. Firstly, the middle cohort was found to be already greatly overburdened by a high and rising work load; secondly, older cohorts recognised the family as a significant source of contacts and of emotional ties that could be easily jeopardised by a too heavy caring burden. The family was found to be a major discussion group within which the changing roles of generations and heavy societal pressures are articulated and reflected.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2010
• Number of pages: Str. 1195-1209
• Numbering: Letn. 47, št. 6
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-85296
• UDC: 316.4.051.6:316.356.2
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 30043229
• Publication date in RUL: 20.09.2016

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Skupno prebivanje odraslih otrok in starajočih se staršev - oblika oskrbe na stara leta?

Abstract

Članek obravnava poglede treh starostnih skupin slovenskega prebivalstva na sobivanje starejših in njihovih odraslih otrok kot obliko pomoči onemoglim staršem. Pri tem uporablja intervjuje, pridobljene pri projektu DEMHOW. Sobivanje staršev in odraslih otrok se je pokazalo kot ključna referenčna točka v razmišlanju intervjuvancev o tem, kako zagotoviti pomoč šibkim ostarelim ljudem. Sobivanje je delovalo kot začetna točka premišljevanja, kot možnost, ki so jo presojali prvo. Intervjuji so izpostavili dve ključni temi, ki sta se pojavljala pri razmisleku o rešitvi problema ostarelih. Prva je zelo velika in vedno večja delovna obremenitev srednje generacije. Druga je velik pomen širšega sorodstva kot vira čustvene opore in družabnih stikov starejših, ki jih lahko prehuda obremenitev z nego starejših lahko orgozila. Pokazalo se je tudi, da predstavlja družina najpomembnejšo diskusijsko skupino, v kateri se artikulirajo in preudarjajo spreminjujoče se vloge generacij ter vse večji družbeni pritiski na družino.