Szydlik Haberkern
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| Title / Titel | Care | ||||
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| Original title / Originaltitel | Pflege | ||||
| Summary / Zusammenfassung | In addition to help in the household, care represents one of the most important means of support by adult children for their parents. The very old, in particular, are dependent on care from their offspring, as their partner, if present, is frequently no longer able to provide care. However, regular care differs fundamentally from occasional help. Those in need of care are reliant on continuous help. The regular and great time expenditure and the spatial closeness involved in care go along with a mutual dependency of caregivers and care-receivers. Physical and mental burdens, intensive contact, but also worries about the other person, can have an effect on the well-being of all involved. In this regard, the project looks more closely at both sides, i.e., both the receipt as well as the provision of care. What relationship do caregivers and care-receivers have to each other, how frequently and to what extent is care given, and what country differences can be discerned here? Based on the analysis of the three-generation context, the family can be considered as a care system. Therefore, not only individual care relations are examined, but also the whole care context. This also involves the welfare state, e.g. public services, legal obligations and family norms and their relation to private care. The project goals included the dissertation of Klaus Haberkern (Assistant of Marc Szydlik). | ||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | family care, intergenerational care, Europe, international comparison | ||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career), SNF (Personen- und Projektförderung) |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jun 2005 to Dec 2013 |