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Article: AHCPR: Divorce reduces informal caregiving, economic ti ties between elderly parents and their adult children.
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- August 19, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 August 1999-AHCPR: Divorce reduces informal caregiving and economic ties between elderly parents and their adult children (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Divorce can negatively affect the parent-child relationship even in the later part of life, weakening economic ties and reducing informal caregiving, according to a new study which examined the effect of family structure on the relationship between elderly parents and their adult children. The study found, for example, that divorced elderly parents, particularly fathers, are less likely than are widowed elderly parents to have adult children willing to provide them with ...