Stepfamily relationships affect elder caregiving plans

As American families increasingly become aware of the time and costs of elder caregiving, recent research has found that the quality of the relationship between stepchild and step-parent factors into a family's elder care plans.

Amy Ziettlow, at the Institute for Family Studies, completed a study on how stepchildren contribute to the pool of people who will take care of the older generation. More than 40 percent of American adults have a step-relative in their family, and about 20 percent of Zietlow's 63-person sample included a step-sibling in their caregiving plan.

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