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Baby boomers value caring for aging parents more than earlier generation

Researchers at the University of Southern California's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology found that baby boomers are more committed to caring for their aging parents than their own parents were. Among the findings, an adult child's desire to care for an aging parent peaks at the age of 51, women consistently express stronger familial obligations towards their parents than men, and the oldest respondents, presumably those most in need of care, valued it the least.

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