John T Groce

Biographic Data

ID	6768514
NAME	John T Groce
GIVEN NAMES	John T
FAMILY NAME	Groce
SIGNATURE	GROCE J T
AFFILIATIONS	Temple University
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	6
TOTAL CITATIONS	0
WORKS AS AUTHOR	6
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2018
H-INDEX	0

Caregiving as Pilgrimage
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
In this chapter, we explore the experience of an elder husband who was the primary informal caregiver for his wife of 60 years. We describe their encounters as caregiver and care recipient through the years as a pilgrimage. We do so because we believe this word has a revered connotation. Generally, two or more people travel together to a pilgrimage site for the sake of gaining spiritual insight or meaning. In a pilgrimage, the journey toward the …
Identity in Caregiving
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
In this chapter we use case studies and men’s own words to show how each man’s caregiving style reflected his sense of personal identity. We also examine if and how the legacy of his culture and family prepared him for the role of caregiver. Witnessing and taking part in caregiving earlier in life supported men’s belief in the moral worth of both affective and instrumental acts of providing care. The self-worth individuals found in caregiving bot…
Caregiving and Generativity
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
African-American men revealed a unique type of generativity. It was rooted in their experiences as African-American men, including the foundation they received from family and their experiences of marginalization and racism in the wider world. They believed they had received a legacy from ancestors that was “a responsibility, a warning, and a promise to the five generations that follow them” (Black, Groce, & Harmon, 2011, p. 167). In this chapter…
The Hidden Among the Hidden
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
The question of our research and our book is as follows: What is the experience of African-American elder male caregivers? Research and literature on African-American older males as informal, primary caregivers of demented or impaired family members, particularly spouses, are negligible. Male caregivers in general have been called “hidden” caregivers. Thus, we named the elderly African-American male caregivers we interviewed for this book “the hi…
Addressing the Silence
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
This chapter, as the conclusion to our book, is entitled Addressing the Silence. We went “behind the scenes” of our work to examine the research process and pondered various aspects of interviewing a coterie of African-American men. For example, why were our caregiving men so willing to discuss their experiences of caregiving? Were there topics within caregiving that men were reluctant to discuss? And, why did the methods of our research fit well…
Changing direction
Open AccessRichard A Cooper, John T Groce et al.ARTICLEJournal of African American Studies2003References: 2

Changing direction
Open AccessRichard A Cooper, John T Groce et al.ARTICLEJournal of African American Studies2003References: 2
Caregiving as Pilgrimage
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
In this chapter, we explore the experience of an elder husband who was the primary informal caregiver for his wife of 60 years. We describe their encounters as caregiver and care recipient through the years as a pilgrimage. We do so because we believe this word has a revered connotation. Generally, two or more people travel together to a pilgrimage site for the sake of gaining spiritual insight or meaning. In a pilgrimage, the journey toward the …
Identity in Caregiving
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
In this chapter we use case studies and men’s own words to show how each man’s caregiving style reflected his sense of personal identity. We also examine if and how the legacy of his culture and family prepared him for the role of caregiver. Witnessing and taking part in caregiving earlier in life supported men’s belief in the moral worth of both affective and instrumental acts of providing care. The self-worth individuals found in caregiving bot…
Caregiving and Generativity
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
African-American men revealed a unique type of generativity. It was rooted in their experiences as African-American men, including the foundation they received from family and their experiences of marginalization and racism in the wider world. They believed they had received a legacy from ancestors that was “a responsibility, a warning, and a promise to the five generations that follow them” (Black, Groce, & Harmon, 2011, p. 167). In this chapter…
The Hidden Among the Hidden
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
The question of our research and our book is as follows: What is the experience of African-American elder male caregivers? Research and literature on African-American older males as informal, primary caregivers of demented or impaired family members, particularly spouses, are negligible. Male caregivers in general have been called “hidden” caregivers. Thus, we named the elderly African-American male caregivers we interviewed for this book “the hi…
Addressing the Silence
Helen K Black, John T Groce et al.BOOKHidden among the Hidden2018
This chapter, as the conclusion to our book, is entitled Addressing the Silence. We went “behind the scenes” of our work to examine the research process and pondered various aspects of interviewing a coterie of African-American men. For example, why were our caregiving men so willing to discuss their experiences of caregiving? Were there topics within caregiving that men were reluctant to discuss? And, why did the methods of our research fit well…