DO STEPCHILDREN PROVIDE DEMENTIA CARE TO AGING BIOLOGICAL PARENTS COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR LEVEL OF NEED?
Merril Silverstein, Seonhwa Lee, Martin Lakomy · 2024
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Merril Silverstein, Seonhwa Lee, and Martin Lakomy ask whether stepchildren step up when a stepparent's mind fades, in a 2024 conference paper. Divorce and remarriage have multiplied stepfamilies, and some fear step ties are too weak to carry dementia care. The team uses a long-running generations study to watch care grow from 1997 to 2022 as stepparents' impairment deepened.
Their model ties early impressions to later effort: stepchildren who saw a stepparent as true kin in early adulthood are expected to raise their care toward the level given to birth parents. Severely impaired stepmothers are expected to draw more care than stepfathers. The analysis also weighs how old the child was when the tie formed and how long they lived together.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Merril Silverstein, Seonhwa Lee, Martin Lakomy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |