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Just as fatherhood changed for Baby Boomer men, so is caring for elderly parents.
More and more Boomer men are caring for their parents, especially their mothers.
According to a New York Times story, the Alzheimer’s Association and the National Alliance for Caregiving estimate that men make up nearly 40 percent of family care providers now, up from 19 percent in a 1996 study by the Alzheimer’s Association. About 17 million men are caring for an adult.
True, the care of elderly parents more often than not falls to women, with men taking a passive role, but the greater involvement of sons with their elderly parent is a growing trend.
As the NYT piece said: " ... with smaller families and more women working full-time, many men have no choice but to take on roles that would have been alien to their fathers. Just as fatherhood became more hands-on in the baby boom generation, so has the role for many sons as their generation’s parents age."
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