Caring for Elderly Parents: A New Commitment of the Third Age
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Title: | Caring for Elderly Parents: A New Commitment of the Third Age |
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Creators: | Dudová, Radka; radka dot dudova at soc dot cas dot cz |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Czech Sociological Review, 51, 6, pp. 903-929 |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | elderly care, third age, young old, informal care, ageing |
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AbstractThe article explores the practices of elderly care in the Czech Republic from the life-course perspective, using qualitative research methodology: biographical interviews with women providing everyday care to their parents. The case of elderly care presents an opportunity to critically examine the concepts of the ‘third age’ and ‘young old’, that have figured prominently in theoretical and political debates concerning the life stage in which the need to care for one´s parents seems most likely to arise. In the ‘collective story’ based on the narratives of women aged 50-66 who provided everyday care for their elderly mother, I identify and describe the factors that influence how this stage in life unfolds and the decisions women make about their life/life course. I argue that in contemporary Czech society ‘young old age’ cannot be defined in terms of the absence of work commitments or the absence family care commitments, and that the original concepts dealing with this new period in life did not take the new commitments of care or the gendered aspect of them into consideration. Official URL: http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/issuedetails.aspx?issueid=8FC5AA9B-63F2-414D-8D89-80E80BDD4420&articleid=4CA4990D-9C5E-47A8-9615-8848071935D3 Title: | Caring for Elderly Parents: A New Commitment of the Third Age |
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Creators: | Dudová, Radka; radka dot dudova at soc dot cas dot cz |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | elderly care, third age, young old, informal care, ageing |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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Divisions: | Humanities and Social Sciences > 7. Section of Social and Economic Sciences > Institute of Sociology > Czech sociological review (Sociologický časopis) |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Czech Sociological Review |
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Volume: | 51 |
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Number: | 6 |
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Page Range: | pp. 903-929 |
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ISSN: | 0038-0288 |
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Publisher: | Institute of Sociology AS CR |
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ID Code: | 8549 |
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Item Type: | Article |
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Deposited On: | 22 Jan 2016 16:24 |
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Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2016 15:24 |
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CitationDudová, Radka (2015) Caring for Elderly Parents: A New Commitment of the Third Age. Czech Sociological Review, 51 (6). pp. 903-929. ISSN 0038-0288Repository Staff Only: item control page
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