Dementia and Migration

Family Care Patterns Merging With Public Care Services

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4720652
AutoresMette Sagbakken (0000-0003-0055-476X, Oslo University Hospital, autor de correspondencia), Ragnhild Storstein Spilker (Oslo University Hospital), Reidun Ingebretsen (Oslo and Akershus University College, Oslo, Norway)
Año2018
Volumen28
Número1
Páginas16-29
Fecha de publicación2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732317730818
PMID28918700
OpenAlexW2755256733
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas31

This article focuses on cognitive impairment and dementia in the context of transnational migration. Based on data from focus group discussions and interviews, we conclude that to adjust to the needs of care within ethnic-minority communities, it is important to consider not only the availability of household and kin members but also the present understanding of obligation and reciprocity underlying the perception of care. Another important issue to realize is that caregivers, women in particular, might feel obliged to conform to a traditional caregiver role, but without the support from a wider extended family, and in the context of other pressing roles and duties. Consequently, health personnel should be wary of stereotyping and generalizing groups through "othering" ideologies and rather try to explore, understand, and adjust to the present and often fluctuating set of needs, as well as be aware of how and by whom these needs are articulated

Dementia · Ethnic group · Focus group · Health care · Immigration · Obligation · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology