ageing parent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofageingandparent
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ageing
adjective
uk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/
relating to ...
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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 ofageingandparentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There are more separate households than ever before as the young go off on their own, and ageing parents are now expected to live in separate accommodation, too.
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A good deal of the responsibility of the state is undertaken by carers who have to give up employment in order to take care of ageing parents.
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That is just, one example of enabling them to make friends, especially those who have ageing parents or a single surviving parent and who may be unable to cope.
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Other programs assist specific groups of carers like young carers andageingparentcarers of adult children.
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The documentary highlighted the dilemma of coping with anageingparent.
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Ageing parents have little direct power, except for making bequests, but transfers to them imply future transfers to the next old generation and so on.
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Chapters 2 and 3 consider the complex and ambiguous nature of caregiving relationships, describing the interdependencies between children, middle-aged women and their ageing parents.
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Many of these women cared for parents or parents-in-law and believe that children should care for their ageing parents.
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It affected the ability of children to help their ageing parents, and it affected the ability of the elderly to support themselves.
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Another group is a cause of concern—the ageing parents of adult mentally disabled or mentally ill children, or brothers, sisters, or spouses caring for them.
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There are those, mainly women, who give up part of their working life to look after ageing parents.
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For ageing parents of residents, many of whom have contacted me, their sense of security for the future has been shaken.
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It is a relief for ageing parents to know that their son or daughter is safely and happily settled before a crisis point is reached.
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That measure will influence many women in deciding whether to take a career break to look after children or ageing parents.
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It might be, for example, that the necessary support could no longer be given by ageing parents.
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Local authorities are extremely restrictive about allowing householders to modify their properties to make it possible for them to accommodate their ageing parents or relatives.
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Have they just discovered the needs of our old and chronic sick, and the insecurity of those women who give devoted service to their ageing parents?
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