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Filles dévouées
S’appuyant sur les données de l’Enquête sur la santé, le vieillissement et la retraite en Europe (SHARE), les chercheurs distinguent entre l’aide intensive et l’aide sporadique des enfants âgés de 50 ans et plus. Le premier type de soutien signifie que les répondants aident dans l’entretien ménager, les formalités administratives et les soins personnels au quotidien. Le soutien sporadique désigne les aides réalisées au maximum une fois par semaine.
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Filles dévouées
Uno de los factores que caracteriza las sociedades envejecidas es el creciente número de personas mayores que necesita ayuda para llevar a cabo sus actividades cotidianas. Los hijos adultos son los que proporcionan gran parte de esta ayuda, especialmente las hijas. En Europa, las mujeres suelen estar más involucradas en las actividades de apoyo a los padres mayores que los hombres. El estudio realizado por Tina Schmid, Martin Brandt y Klaus Haberkern analiza si este desequilibrio de género puede estar vinculado a las políticas familiares del estado del bienestar.
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Filles dévouées
Ein Merkmal alternder Gesellschaften ist die zunehmende Zahl älterer Menschen, die Hilfe bei ihren täglichen Aktivitäten benötigt. Ein beträchtlicher Teil dieser Hilfe wird von erwachsenen Kindern geleistet. In Europa sind Frauen stärker an der Unterstützung ihrer alternden Eltern beteiligt als Männer. Eine Studie von Tina Schmid, Martin Brandt und Klaus Haberkern untersucht, ob diese geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschiede mit familienpolitischen Maßnahmen im Zusammenhang stehen.
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Filles dévouées
One feature of ageing societies is an increasing number of older people who need help in their daily activities. A significant share of this help is provided by grown up children, especially by daughters. Across Europe, women are more involved in support activities to their ageing parents than men. A study by Tina Schmid, Martin Brandt and Klaus Haberkern explores whether this gender imbalance can be linked to family-policies.
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The Benefit Of Having A Wife
Public expenditure on care for older people has been rising along with the increasing number of senior citizens, and is expected to rise even more as population ageing continues. Attempts to constrain expenditures have largely focused on enabling older people to live independently longer and stressing the importance of informal caregivers as an alternative to public care. But to what extent and under which conditions can this idea actually be feasible? This question is examined in a new study by Niels Schenk and colleagues, who use the Netherlands as an example.
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Books and Reports: Active Ageing And Solidarity Between Generations In Europe: First Results From SHARE After The Economic Crisis
This book, edited by Axel Börsch-Supan, Martina Brandt, Howard Litwin, and Guglielmo Weber, is based on the most recent waves of SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) data collected in 2010/2011. It examines the various influences the recent crisis had on the lives of people aged 50 and over in 16 European countries. Its main purpose is to provide scientific evidence of what has changed in the activities and life-circumstances of older Europeans since the crisis has begun, and how this has affected intergenerational solidarity.
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