Publisher's Synopsis
While there is considerable research on the decision to enter residential care, very little is known about why some parents in old age and their children decide to live in the same household. This in-depth study brings a human dimension to the statistics by interviewing family members and older people at home. Family matters aims to: ·explore whether co-residence is due to choice or necessity on the part of older parents and their adult children; ·ascertain what assistance household expect and receive form others, including community agencies; ·determine whether older parents and their families find coresidence a satisfactory loving arrangement. Community care relies on the family, and the state has a vested interest in supporting family care given rising costs of both institutional and community services. Family matters provides valuable information about shared households which will enable policy and services to be more responsive to people's needs.
