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Grandparents as Hubs Linking Generations in Tehran, Iran: A Sociological Study of Quality of Life
Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi
Journal Title:Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences
Abstract
The paper explores how changes are
appearing in gerontology in Iran in recent years. For
this reason, a new window must be opened to survey the
ageing population ___ transforming into grandparents
with new roles and functions. The study of ageing and
grandparenting is finding its importance as the number
of ageing population is increasing unprecedentedly with
special reference to Iran. As ageing is a new experience
for developing countries such as Iran, more surveys
need to be conducted on the issue to assess the change
in quality of life of the ageing people in order to reach
appropriate solutions. Due to rapid social change, the
socio-emotional context of ageing is worth appraising.
Many families find that grandparents living to seventy
and beyond, require practical, emotional and financial
care that can be more complicated than raising their
own children. The paper also explores how
grandparents today face conflicting norms and
expectations about their roles. To conduct the present
survey, some 452 ageing women and men of 60 years of
age and over were interviewed through designed
questionnaires in Tehran City.
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