The Impact of Stepfamily Structure on Older Parents’ Frequency of Contact With and Care Receipt From Adult Biological and Stepchildren in the Netherlands

Our study challenges the idea that the relationships of the adult child to older parents in all stepfamilies are weaker than in biological families and points to the importance of considering that only some stepfamilies are vulnerable in terms of contact frequency. We query whether stepfamilies are resilient, for example, to greater pressures from a sharp increase in care needs for one or both parents.