Caring for older parents: Investigating the role of attachment security

该项目旨在调查儿童与父母之间的关系和照顾老年父母之间的关系。老年父母的子女为成千上万的澳大利亚人提供了广泛的、往往不被承认的照顾，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关系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;以及提高照顾者的依恋安全感对照顾互动和照顾者负担的影响。预计该项目将提供有关战略的见解，以加强家庭纽带和支持照顾者和被照顾者所需的服务，并改善社区老年人护理的可持续性。

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.