Review article
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v11i2.51
Psycho-Social Prerequisites for the Care for the Elderly
Josip Obradović
; Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Mira Čudina-Obradović
; Učiteljska akademija Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
Rapid demographic changes and trends following the urbanisation and modernisation intensify the problems of care for elderly people in the whole world. Therefore many various ways of care are being implemented and analysed with the aim to find out the ones that are most favourable for elderly people, the caregivers and society in general. However, the question what constitutes the best kind of care is not a simple one. On one hand, for the satisfaction of elderly people it is indispensable to have a feeling of personal and financial autonomy assured by a good social policy. On the other hand, the financial security is not enough, as good relations with their adult children are most important for the satisfaction and welfare of elderly people. Although the research results from both the developed and developing world point that, despite modernisation and rising educational level, strong intergenerational solidarity exists in most countries, and in most cases elderly people can rely on some sort of assistance from their children, numerous psychosocial factors impede the establishment of good intergenerational relations and jeopardise the care that adult children should provide to their parents.
Keywords
intergenerational relations; intergenerational ambivalence; intergenerational solidarity; elder care
Hrčak ID:
30181
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Publication date:
1.2.2004.
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