Men and Women Caring for Elderly Family Members

Dudová, Radka; Vohlídalová, Marta

doi:10.13060/00380288.2018.54.2.400

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“…As was already mentioned, a typology of ideal types does not mean that the individual types cannot overlap, and likewise, the individual setting of a carer may also change, for instance with respect to the form of the dimensions of this emotional vitality, or due to the strenuousness of care, its length or the carers' health condition (Smith et al, 2004). There also exists research which compares male and female caregivers; according to its results, it is more frequent for men not to increase the volume of care above an endurable level and men are also better at separating the individual areas of their life (Dudová and Vohlídalová, 2018). On the basis of that they ought to more often belong to the rational type, which is in correspondence with our research.…”

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Typology of informal carers providing care to family members after cerebrovascular accident

Paulíček¹,

Krhutová²,

Kuzníková³

et al. 2021

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Introduction:The study is underpinned by the research of people providing care to relatives after a cerebrovascular accident outside the sphere of public institutions -so called informal carers. The aim was to create a typology of these carers, reflecting their way of constructing identity, their attitude to their own emotions, their reflections on and experience with caring, their forms of communication, and how they work with information. Methods: The research was led by a qualitative approach with the use of the principles of biographical research. It is based on thirty semistructured interviews. Areas were identified within these interviews in which the carers reflected on themselves. Through these areas, the carers differ in the ways in which they experience their roles of carers. The research was complemented with a questionnaire survey in order to acquire demographic and other data from the same sample. Results: The result of the study is a typology which contains five pure types of informal carers who provide care to family members after a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA): (1) rational, (2) self-construing, (3) depressive, (4) traditional and (5) optimistic. Discussion: The results of the study are discussed in the context of caregiving in general, and in comparison with research focusing on the ways in which carers cope with decreased autonomy, emotions, gender, or their approach to obtaining information. Conclusions: Within the above types, carers differed in the variety of ways in which they controlled their emotions, in the different relationships to self, or in their reflections on the future. Which category an individual carer fell into depended on the volume of care they provided, how long they had been providing it, the possibilities to obtain support or assistance, and the personality of the carer. This typology may be useful from the analytical perspective, as well as from the perspective of potential interventions aimed at the dissemination of information and the sharing of the carers' experience.

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Typology of informal carers providing care to family members after cerebrovascular accident

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Volunteering and care in old age: voices from People's Solidarity in East Germany

Hachmeister

2023

Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe

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Perception of dignity in older men and women in the early stages of dementia: a cross-sectional study

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Background Dementia is a serious problem in old age, that impacts an individual’s ability to function and may threaten personal dignity. Given the variable features of the illness and the diversity of life experiences, many factors may contribute to the perception of dignity by men and women with dementia. The purpose of the study was to explore the factors that contribute to dignity and its domains in men and women with dementia. Methods This cross-sectional study involved 316 community-dwelling patients with early-stage dementia (aged ≥ 60) (PwD). We assessed the participants’ sociodemographic and social involvement characteristics, health-related variables (pain, depression, physical performance, visual and hearing impairments), attitude to aging, and self-sufficiency in the activities of daily living (ADL). These factors were investigated as independent variables for the perception of dignity and of its domains in men and women. Results Multivariate regression analysis showed that PwD experienced minor dignity problems in the early stages of dementia. In both men and women higher rates of depression, negative attitudes to aging, and pain were associated with reductions in the perception of dignity. In men, but not in women visual impairment had a negative effect on overall dignity, and on the associated domains of ‘Loss of Autonomy’ and ‘Loss of Confidence’. In women, lowered self-sufficiency in ADL contributed to reduced self-perception of dignity and in the associated domains of ‘Loss of Purpose of Life’, ‘Loss of Autonomy’, and ‘Loss of Confidence’. Sociodemographic and social involvement characteristics, hearing impairment, and physical performance did not influence the participants’ self-perception of dignity. Conclusion The results suggested that several common factors (depression, attitudes to aging, and pain) contribute to the perception of dignity in both men and women. Other factors, visual impairments in men, and self-sufficiency in ADL in women, appear to be more gender specific. These differences might relate to their specific gender roles and experiences. The self-perception of dignity in PwD can be helped by supporting the individual, to the extent that their illness allows, in maintaining activities that are important to their gender roles, and that preserve their gender identity. Trial registration NCT04443621.

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Men and Women Caring for Elderly Family Members

Cited by 5 publications

References 30 publications

Typology of informal carers providing care to family members after cerebrovascular accident

Typology of informal carers providing care to family members after cerebrovascular accident

Volunteering and care in old age: voices from People's Solidarity in East Germany

Perception of dignity in older men and women in the early stages of dementia: a cross-sectional study

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