Haberkern
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Future of Families to 2030 | ||||||
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| Original title / Originaltitel | Zukunft der Familie bis 2030 | ||||||
| Summary / Zusammenfassung | The project “Future of Families to 2030 – The Role of the Elderly in the Family as Providers and Recipients of Care” is part of the OECD project “The Future of Families to 2030”. In collaboration with research partners from the OECD network, we analyse expected challenges and opportunities for family and elderly care in OECD countries in the next twenty years. Thereby the following questions and research areas are covered: What do demographic projections tell us about the share of older people in need of care, the proportion of younger people potentially able to provide that care to relatives, and the number of elderly family members potentially able to offer child care and other family tasks? What is the risk of competing demands on their time and resources from other generations (e.g. grandchildren)? How will changing family and household structures (e.g. growing numbers of elderly single-person households, non-traditional families, etc.) affect families and the elderly as providers and recipients of care? Furthermore, technological developments such as ICT, medical technologies and telejobs are potential drivers of future family care. What are the prospects of widespread technological solutions in regard to caring for the elderly? How might these developments and changes impact on family cohesion, time management and the reconciliation of work and family? The project goals include an OECD report. | ||||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | care, family structures, intergenerational solidarity, welfare states | ||||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Others Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Apr 2010 to Jul 2011 |