%0 Report %D 2004 %T Bargaining Power and Intergenerational Coresidence: Adult children and their disabled elderly parents %A Liliana E Pezzin %A Robert A. Pollak %A Barbara Steinberg Schone %K Adult children %K Disabilities %X Because of gradual deterioration with age or sudden health shocks, elderly persons face a considerable probability of becoming disabled and unable to care for themselves. About 20% of older U.S. adults have chronic disabilities (Manton and Gu 2001); roughly one-third have mobility limitations and 7-8% have severe cognitive impairments (Freedman and Martin 1998; Freedman et al. 2000). Recent evidence suggests a downward trend in the age-adjusted prevalence of disability and functional limitations, raising hope that long term care burdens on families and public programs will be less than feared. At the same time, growth in the elderly population and evidence that the level of disability of those who are disabled has increased (Spillman and Pezzin 2000), suggest that changes in the overall demand for long term care in the future are, at best, ambiguous. %I Medical College of Wisconsin %G eng %U http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.599.9465&rep=rep1&type=pdf %L wp_2004/Pezzin_04.pdf %4 Adult Children/Disabled Persons/Parent Child Relations %$ 13962