In this study two sample groups of very old people report on needs for care among their parents. We report on who gave the care and if parents were institutionalized. Information on social class, preferences for care for oneself, etc., was also collected. Comparisons with contemporary data indicate that patterns of care remain historically quite stable, and that experiences of providing care influences one's own preferences many years later. The welfare state seems to have increased the freedom of choice for, especially, the poorer elderly.

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Intergenerational transfers: aging parents living with adult children and vice versa.

The family remains important for care of the elderly; less well understood is the significance of even aging parents for their offspring, which may be more so today than in the past and more so in the welfare states--with 'resourceful' old people--than in the less affluent societies. This study tries to verify this by an analysis of coresidence patterns between generations, with particular emphasis on the younger one. In particular, men with various handicaps may more often find refuge with their family of origin than do others, and more often today than they did in the not-so-distant past.

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