Caring for older parents: Investigating the role of attachment security

该项目旨在调查子女与父母之间的联系与照顾年长父母之间的关系。年长父母的孩子为数以千计的澳大利亚人提供广泛的、往往得不到承认的照顾，许多人报告说负担过重。该项目旨在调查成年子女与年长父母之间的依恋纽带如何影响子女在晚年提供的父母照顾、照顾者负担和父母对照顾的满意度；以及加强照顾者的依恋保障对照看互动和照顾者负担的影响。该项目预计将为加强家庭纽带和支持照顾者和照顾者所需的服务的战略提供见解，并改善社区老年护理的可持续性。

The project aims to investigate the relationship between child–parent bonds and care for older parents. Children of older parents provide extensive and often unrecognised care to thousands of Australians, and many report excessive burden. The project aims to investigate how attachment bonds between adult children and older parents influence the parental care provided by children in later life, the carer burden and parents’ satisfaction with care; and the effects of enhancing carers’ attachment security on caregiving interactions and carer burden. This project is expected to provide insights into strategies to strengthen family bonds and services required to support caregivers and care recipients and improve the sustainability of aged care in the community.