Elderly Husbands Caring at Home for Wives Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease
Are Male Caregivers Really Different
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11229159 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Cahill (0000-0002-4196-6464, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-72 |
| Publication date | 2000-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2000.tb01303.x |
| OpenAlex | W111185080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 28 |
In Australia, there is a dearth of literature available on men as principal carers despite reports which show that in the 60 + age group, looking after a sick spouse becomes the major form of caregiving and men as carers predominate (ABS, 1993). The paper reports findings from a study of 26 aged husbands who cared at home for their cognitively impaired wives. In‐depth interviews collected quantitative and qualitative data about men's caregiving experiences. Findings challenge the literature about the role gender plays in evoking care and service responses. Results show how men demonstrated a strong injunction to care, performed intimate personal care tasks competently, received limited government support and derived some satisfaction from the caregiving role. Despite similarities between male and female caregivers being noted, some gender differences in the way in which men approached the care role are described. The need for community care policies to be more sensitive to the gendered context of elderly care provision is discussed
Aged care · Context (archaeology · Dementia · Disease · Family caregivers · Family medicine · Personal care · Project commissioning · Publishing · Qualitative research · Sociology · Spouse · Family Support in Illness · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
Policy is personal
Daughters Who Care
Dyadic Family Relations and Social Support
Subjective Burden of Husbands and Wives as Caregivers
A Labour of Love
Negotiating Family Responsibilities
Caring for Aged Parents
The Only One You Neglect is Yourself”
Caring in Families
Elderly Carers
Concepts of Caring
Qualitative Data Analysis
Ageing and Social Policy in Australia
Women's Sense of Responsibility for the Care of Old People
Carers and Services
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |