Adult daughters and parent care: a comparison of one-, two- and three-generation households.
This paper compares the effects of parent-care associated with three living arrangements of elderly widowed mothers who were being helped by married daughters: elderly mother living separately; two-generation households (mothers, daughters, sons-in-law); and three-generation households (grandchildren present). Daughters whose mothers lived separately fared the best; their mothers were the most cognitively and functionally capable and the daughters reported the fewest negative effects of caregiving. Daughters in two-generation households provided the most care; their mothers were the oldest and most impaired. Since daughters in three-generation households reported more negative mental and emotional effects of care, the unique problems of caregiving in such households are discussed.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D015143:Philadelphia; D012847:Single Person; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires