Annual of social work, Vol. 26 No. 2, 2019.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v26i2.288
FILIAL CAREGIVING EXPECTATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ADULT CHILDREN AND PARENTS
Katarina Banov
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Sanja Smojver-Ažić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4389-6463
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Intergenerational filial solidarity, or instrumental, emotional or health-oriented care for parents by their adult children, is a dominant form of elderly care. Parents and adult children may have different views of responsibility in the filial care for the elderly. Both elderly parents and their children value the safety and the preservation of parents’ health. However, other forms of elderly care may be preferred when both sides appreciate the autonomy and maintain quality long-term relationships. In families that have not yet experienced an increased parental need for care, it is possible to study the expectations of future filial caregiving, which is a valuable source of information for intervention planning. This research aims to describe the filial caregiving expectations using two independent samples: 234 adult children, potential care providers, and 152 elderly parents, potential recipients of support. A »Scale of Filial Caregiving Expectations« has been constructed for the purpose of this research. Differences in the expression of filial care expectations have been found in different filial caregiving examples, as well as in expected accommodation arrangements. Differences in the expectations of future reception or provision of family caregiving have been found depending on examined socio-demographic characteristics– caregiver’s gender, number of underage children in the family and distance from their parents’ place of residence. The implications for further research and social practice are discussed.
Keywords
self-report scale of caregiving expectations; intergenerational solidarity; filial caregiving
Hrčak ID:
227008
URI
Publication date:
21.10.2019.
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