Changing intergenerational solidarities within families in a Mediterranean welfare state: Elderly care in Italy

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A lack of supply of formal services and the decline of informal services in Italy have popularized a widespread care market that facilitates ongoing social changes and their implications with regard to intergenerational solidarity and gender relations. A redefinition of women in the families from caretakers to managers involves the role of female low-paid workers who perform duties previously embedded in the informal care relationship.

Italy, Female-male relations

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Intergenerational relationships and elderly care in China: A global perspective

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Major value-practice conflicts towards elderly care in China, the emerging new values in intergenerational relationships and the theoretical underpinnings of interdependency were examined. The results show that there were remarkable differences between values of people in different societies and yet some similarities of practice with Intergenerational relationships reflecting both values and practice.

China

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Assessing the service needs of seniors: Bermuda's service providers

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A survey shows that a number of adult services already existed in Bermuda but they were not necessarily available or accessible, and services such as family caregiver assistance and senior employment programs were not well developed and residential care needed further improvement.

Government domestic functions, Management dynamics, Public affairs, Services information, Bermuda, Social aspects, Elderly, Management, Services, Social policy, Company business management, Senior centers, Senior centres

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