Middle-aged offspring’s support to aging parents with emerging disability

Gerontologist

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 441-450

  Kim, Kyungmin ^a   Bangerter, Lauren R ^b   Liu, Yin ^b   Polenick, Courtney A ^b   Zarit, Steven H ^b   Fingerman, Karen L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Everyday support; Middle aged offspring; Parental disability; Relationship quality; Transition to caregiving

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; CAREGIVERS; DISABLED PERSONS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85027410557     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv686     Document Type: Article

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