Sharon M Keigher

Biographic Data

ID4178153
NAMESharon M Keigher
GIVEN NAMESSharon M
FAMILY NAMEKeigher
SIGNATUREKEIGHER S M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX1

  • Spiritual Well-Being Among Older African Americans in a Midwestern City

    Open AccessGary L Williams, Sharon M Keigher et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2012

  • Young caregivers of mothers with HIV

    Open AccessSharon M Keigher, Sharon Keigher et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2005Cited by: 3References: 5

  • Caring Together for Elderly Mothers

    Sharon M Keigher, Kathy L Bandstra et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging1999

    This qualitative study examines relationships between adult daughters caring for elderly disabled mothers and the mothers' personal care workers (PCWs) paid directly by the Wisconsin Community Options Program (COP). A subset of a larger study, in these five cases PCWs provide substantial hands on care without substituting for the heavy care also provided by the daughters. Direct payment offers the daughters and workers freedom to schedule around …

  • The Sickening Implications of Globalization

    Sharon M Keigher, Christine T LoweryARTICLEHealth & Social Work1998

    Journal Article The Sickening Implications of Globalization Get access Sharon M. Keigher, Sharon M. Keigher Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Christine T. Lowery Christine T. Lowery Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Health & Social Work, Volume 23, Issue 2, May 1998, Pages 153–158, https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/23.2.153 Published: 01 May 1998

  • An Untenured Professor

    Open AccessSharon M KeigherARTICLEAffilia1996

  • Discrimination by Design

    Sharon M Keigher, Leslie Kanes Weisman et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1993

  • Rediscovering the Asylum

    Sharon M KeigherARTICLEThe Journal of Sociology & Social…1992

    Spending a night at a typical big city shelter for the homeless has reminded the author of the massive and regimented environment in institutions that she had mistakenly believed no longer existed after the much acclaimed "deinstitutionalization" of America. St. Mary's is run by a religious order attempting to provide charitable care in a nondemanding environment. Many demands are made, however. The lack of privacy and respect for individuality i…

  • A Consumer View of a Family Care Compensation Program for the Elderly

    Sharon M Keigher, Catherine MurphyARTICLESocial Service Review1992Cited by: 1

    Michigan operates one of the most extensive programs in the nation to pay relatives for providing personal care to their elderly family members. However, in 1988 the Health Care Finance Administration proposed regulations that would explicitly disallow such compensation, requiring that family care givers be replaced with professional, medically oriented providers. This qualitative study examines the potential effect of this policy change through …

  • The Faces of Homelessness.Marjorie Hope , James Young

    Sharon M KeigherARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1988

  • Helping the Elderly

    Sharon M KeigherARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1986

  • Insuring Inequality

    Sharon M KeigherARTICLESocial Service Review1984