The Burden of Aging: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Shifting Balance of Caregiving and Care Receiving as Cohorts Age.

Uhlenberg, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ550304

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Burden of Aging: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Shifting Balance of Caregiving and Care Receiving as Cohorts Age.

Uhlenberg, Peter

Gerontologist, v36 n6 p761-67 Dec 1996

Develops a theoretical framework that explicates factors determining the level of care given and care received by cohorts moving through different stages of later life. Specifies four proximate determinants of caregiving and three proximate determinants of care receiving. Focuses on social changes that could reduce the burden of aging. (RJM)

Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Caregivers, Cohort Analysis, Family Caregivers, Gerontology, Models, Older Adults, Population Trends, Social Attitudes, Social Change, Social Theories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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