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Cruz-Saco, María Amparo; Zelenev, Sergei

doi:10.1057/9780230115484_13

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“…The ties between generations that encompass reciprocity of assistance and care are believed to be ubiquitous across every society around the globe (World Health Organization, 2004). Intergenerational solidarity is characteristic of a society that shares common interests, affection, and interdependence and is demonstrated in the love and care that parents and children exchange irrespective of life situations and geographic distance (Cruz-Saco, 2010).…”

Section: Intergenerational Tiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“The Ugly Face of Old Age”: Elders’ Unmet Expectations for Care and Support in Rural Ethiopia

Zelalem

Kotecho

Adamek

2020

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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As migration, urbanization, and aging accelerate in developing nations, traditional family supports for elders are diminishing. With these trends in mind, hermeneutic phenomenology was used to examine the experiences of 10 rural Ethiopian elders of age 70 and older. Narrative data from in-depth interviews revealed three prominent themes: the “good old days,” drained happiness, worry and pessimism. Elders felt devalued by their children, grandchildren, and youth in general. Compared to how they treated their own parents, elders believed that their children’s sense of filial obligation was weak and unreliable. Interactions were described as undermining, embarrassing, and abusive. Elders were pessimistic about the prospect of reliable caregivers, even expressing a wish to die before they become dependent on others for care. Despite such challenges, participants viewed aging as a privilege. New cooperative models of community-based care are needed to ensure that elders in developing nations can expect adequate care throughout their lives.

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Section: Intergenerational Tiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At the familial level, parents help their children when they are dependent throughout their childhood and young adulthood. Adult children’s support and care for their aging parents has been considered the bedrock of familial bond, care, affection, and assistance (Cruz-Saco, 2010).…”

Section: Intergenerational Tiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“The Ugly Face of Old Age”: Elders’ Unmet Expectations for Care and Support in Rural Ethiopia

Zelalem

Kotecho

Adamek

2020

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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“…Indeed, intergenerational solidarity may be disrupted by dissimilar interests between generations and confl icts around the distribution of social assets and equity. 79 Intergenerational solidarity may now require the ' acceptance of changed expectations among workers about when and how they leave the labour market ' to extend working lives 80 and reduce demand on pension systems. Intergenerational solidarity may therefore now require and justify pension reform, to refl ect changing social expectations about retirement and levels of social support.…”

Section: E Demographic Ageingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pensions and the Modern Workforce

Blackham¹

2020

Pensions

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“…In contrast with this tendency, the present paper defends the need to investigate the possible connection between the two contexts in times of increased demographic ageing (Sánchez et al , 2010). For some time now this idea has been put forward as a recommendation to keep in mind when designing public policies, for pragmatic reasons: bridges between familial and non-familial relationships should be established, as this will allow the mobilisation of resources to respond to various needs of different generations (Cruz-Saco and Zelenev, 2010: 225).…”

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Intergenerational contact and solidarity, inside and outside the family: patterns in Spain

Jiménez-Roger

Sánchez

2021

Ageing and Society

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Analysis of intergenerational contact and solidarity patterns has generally focused on the family. However, the unprecedented co-existence of a high number of different generations raises the challenge to delve into how such patterns may develop inside and outside the family. To understand better intrafamilial and extrafamilial intergenerational contact and solidarity in Spain, three national surveys were initially studied using cross-tabulation tables and measures of association. Then, factor analysis and logistic regression of most recent data focused on explanatory variables behind two dimensions of intergenerational solidarity. Regarding intergenerational co-residence, the results point to a highly relevant difference between intrafamilial and extrafamilial habits. As regards regular, but non-residential, contact between the generations, two gaps have been identified. The first gap appears between family practices and non-family practices, with a significant and progressive reduction of the latter being detected. According to the second gap, while intergenerational contact drops outside the family, levels of intragenerational contact are comparable in both settings. In this context, patterns of associational and functional intergenerational solidarity towards older relatives and non-relatives have been identified, with age, distance, civil status and especially gender being the key explanatory variables. The paper argues that there is good reason to pay combined attention to both intrafamilial and extrafamilial forms of intergenerational contact and solidarity, something that has been done very little to date.

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Cited by 4 publications

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“The Ugly Face of Old Age”: Elders’ Unmet Expectations for Care and Support in Rural Ethiopia

“The Ugly Face of Old Age”: Elders’ Unmet Expectations for Care and Support in Rural Ethiopia

Pensions and the Modern Workforce

Intergenerational contact and solidarity, inside and outside the family: patterns in Spain

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