Fraught triads – treating older women in crisis living with a migrant live-in caregiver and frail husband
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21537541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liora Bar-Tur (0000-0003-2477-8311, Ruppin Academic Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 944-954 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Gerontology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0360-1277 • E-ISSN: 1521-0472 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03601277.2024.2366078 |
| OpenAlex | W4399762868 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
Hiring migrant live-in caregivers to take care of older adults with dementia, chronic disease or frailty has become more common in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia. When older couples hire a non-relative to provide live-in caregiver services for a family member, the attendant household transformation – from couple to triad – gives rise to social and psychological challenges. Although live-in caregivers can be indispensable, living together can be very stressful for older adults and live-in caregiver. This article describes the emotional distress of two older adult wives in their eighties, and the therapeutic methods used to reduce it, including empathic understanding, legitimation of emotions, promotion of open communication, and formulation of a household ‘management strategy,’ establishing specific expectations concerning the parties’ roles and a daily activity schedule. Involvement of older couples’ children was found helpful, and was aided through psychoeducation. Gerontologists, therapists, educators, and social workers who serve the needs of older adults can effectively assist this population in the evolution of their perceptions of their new situation, the regaining of a sense of equilibrium, mastery and control over their lives, and the development of greater tolerance and understanding of migrant live-in caregivers’ work burden, native culture, and individual practices. Professionals should actively screen for risks of burden, stress, depression, and anxiety in households in which live-in caregiver services may be considered. Psychoeducation and preparation of both the older adults and their live-in caregivers entering the new relationship may lessen the incidence of potential stressors
Caregiver burden · Dementia · Disease · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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Social Engagement Care for Frail Older Persons
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Tension between reality and visions
Narrative foreclosure in later life
Like one of the family? Understanding relationships between migrant live-in care workers and older care recipients in Israel
Family and family-like interactions in households with round-the-clock paid foreign carers in Israel
Migrant Home Attendants
Folding Paper Swans, Modeling Lives
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |