Daughters Caring for Dying Parents

A Process of Relinquishing

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5454863
AutoresTrudy Read (0000-0003-3882-8674, Western Health), Judith Wuest (0000-0002-3968-445X, University of New Brunswick)
Ano2007
Volume17
Fascículo7
Páginas932-944
Data de publicação2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732307306123
PMID17724105
OpenAlexW2109416548
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas32

Caring for elderly, dying parents is challenging for daughters as they try to balance other obligations and responsibilities. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explain the domain of daughters' caregiving experiences in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The primary author interviewed 12 women whose parents had died. Three types of turmoil (emotional, relational, and societal) emerged as the central issue for these women. The authors discovered a substantive theory of Relinquishing with interdependent processes of Keeping Vigil, Navigating Systems, Facing Loss, and an end process of Coming to Terms. In moving through the process of Relinquishing, social conditions of personal ideals, family expectations, and societal demands determine strategies employed by any one daughter to manage her turmoil. The findings fill a gap in knowledge related to daughters' caregiving for dying parents by contributing a theoretical framework that will inform women, health care providers, researchers, and health policy makers

Daughter · Grounded theory · Interdependence · Political science · Qualitative research · Sociology · Family Support in Illness · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology