Trajectories of family care over the lifecourse: evidence from Canada

Fast, Janet; Keating, Norah; Eales, Jacquie; Kim, Choong; Lee, Yeonjung

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Trajectories of family care over the lifecourse: evidence from Canada

Janet Fast

, Norah Keating

, Jacquie Eales, Choong Kim, Yeonjung Lee

Ageing and Society, Volume: 41, Issue: 5, Pages: 1145 - 1162

Swansea University Author: Norah Keating

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In the midst of a ‘care crisis’, attention has turned again to families who are viewed both as untapped care resources and as disappearing ones. Within this apparent policy/demographicimpasse, we test empirically theorised trajectories of family care, creating evidence of diverse patterns of care ac...

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Trajectories of family care over the lifecourse: evidence from Canada

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