aged parent

collocation in English

meaningsofagedandparent

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aged
adjective
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/
of the ...
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parent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeə.rənt/us
/ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
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(Definition ofagedandparentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Filial responsibility expectations and morale among aged parents.
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They accept the burden of aged parents as part of a duty which should be discharged by the family as a whole.
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My aged parents have been stricken with illness, and our local authority services have given us in the family enormous support and help.
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We are battling on behalf of aged parents and relations and looking after them, but there is no help for us.
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I shall not dwell at length on the obvious points about housing, travel to work, or support of aged parents who need nursing care.
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I have outlined the responsibilities that a woman may have towards her husband, towards her children or towards anagedparent.
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Briefings from citizens advice bureaux show that, increasingly, children live in the family home to act as carers for anagedparent.
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Anagedparentcould not move nearer children or grandchildren.
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Yet his will may have contained legacies to some relatives, such as anagedparent, whose claim is undeniable.
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According to my understanding of regulation 6, an income will be assumed irrespective of the income of theagedparentor parents, or relative, who is being cared for.
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When anagedparentbecomes entitled to a pension of another kind, some reduction is made in the pension to which she has been already entitled under this scheme.
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If there is not enough sheltered housing for the elderly being built, the immediate family circle must find a way of coping with theagedparent.
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Exactly; but starting from 16 and then onwards he had been looking after anagedparent, so he could be regarded as the tenant in name.
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An adult child may hire someone to care for his aged parents, but he cannot hire someone to honor or love them.
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Aged parents and aging children : determinants of relationship quality.
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The interpretations additionally represented filial support as founded in exchange between children and their aged parents.
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It is often claimed that the child has the corresponding obligation to care for aged parents and that parents have a right to such care.
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Filial responsibility among aged parents : a racial comparison.
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