Recognizing Post‐caregiving as Part of the Caregiving Career: Implications for Practice

Orzeck, Pam; Silverman, Marjorie

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“…Theorists have ascribed it various labels including: "exit stage" (Lindgren, 1993), "a new beginning" (Nolan et al, 1996), "taking the next step" (Brown and Stetz, 1999) and "new horizons" (Cavaye, 2006). Whatever the term used, the post-caregiving trajectory (Larkin, 2009) is an integral part of the caregiving career that all former carers experience (Orzeck and Silverman, 2008).…”

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“…There is currently no policy that explicitly addresses the needs of former carers. This creates an increasingly large population of former carers to whom little or no support is provided in the post-caregiving period (Orzeck and Silverman, 2008). Yet, former carers comprise a relatively large proportion of society and are potentially, a valuable and underused resource.…”

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Former carers: issues from the literature

Cavaye

Watts

2018

Families, Relationships and Societies

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Section: Temporal Dimensions Of Caregivingmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Former carers: issues from the literature

Cavaye

Watts

2018

Families, Relationships and Societies

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“…Route 4). The most long‐standing model conceptualises caring as a continuum from pre‐caring to post‐caring: post‐caring is seen as integral to the ‘overall care‐giving career’ (Orzeck & Silverman , p. 212) (Schulz et al . , Brown & Stetz , Aneshensel et al .…”

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What do we know about older former carers? Key issues and themes

Larkin

Milne

2017

Health Soc Care Community

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Despite a significant growth in the number older former family carers they remain largely invisible in carer-related research and literature. To begin to address this deficit, a fourstage literature review was conducted to identify existing knowledge about older former carers. Narrative synthesis of the findings yielded five themes -the concept of 'older former carer', the legacies of caring, influences on the legacies of caring, conceptualising post-caring, and support services for older former carers. Critical analysis of these findings suggests that existing evidence has a number of strengths. It highlights the terminological and conceptual confusion in the field, identifies the profound financial and health-related legacies older former carers' experience, the factors which shape these legacies and some of the complexities of bereavement older former carers face. The support needs of older former carers are also illuminated. However, the field is characterised by key weaknesses. The evidence base is fragmented and uneven. In part this reflects lack of definitional consensus and in part the fact that there is much more evidence about some sub-groups, such as carers of relatives admitted to a care home, than others. Methodology-related weaknesses include small sample sizes and a focus on a single, often condition-specific, group of older former carers. An overarching criticism relates to the narrow conceptual /theoretical purview. As post-caring tends to be viewed as one of the final temporal 'stages' of the carer's 'caregiving career', a bifurcatory model of carer/former carer is created i.e. that a carer actively provides care and a former carer is no longer caring. This constructs being a former carer -namely formerality -as a single fixed state failing to capture its dynamic and shifting nature and constrains the potential of research to generate new knowledge and extend understanding.Key words older former carers, carer research, post-caring, legacies of caring, support needs, knowledge generation What is known about this topic• There is a growing interest in former carers • There is recognition of the growth in the number of older carers What this paper adds• The increase in the number of older carers inevitably means a growth in the number of older former carers and yet this population are largely invisible in carerrelated research and policy • Existing research shows that older former carers experience particular post-caring legacies and have a range of ill-recognised support needs • The current evidence base relating to older former carers is limited by a range of methodological weaknesses and a narrow conceptual scope that constrain the potential of research to generate new knowledge and extend understanding 2

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“…"The effects of bereavement are context dependent, and the nature of the caregiving experience is likely to play an important role in shaping an individual's response to bereavement" (Schulz, Boerner, & Hebert, 2008, p. 266). Thus, it has been argued that postcaregiving should be considered part of the caregiving career (Orzeck & Silverman, 2008). Including this phase in the caregiver trajectory will call attention to caregiver bereavement in a more contextual, and by extension, more qualitative way.…”

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Identities in Transition: Women Caregivers in Bereavement

Orzeck

2016

Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care

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Population aging and longevity due to medical advances over the past few decades have meant that the approximately 44 million caregivers in the United States and eight million caregivers in Canada must provide more intensive levels of care and for longer periods of time. Consequently, caregivers are often profoundly affected by their caregiving role in emotional, psychological, physical, and financial ways. Thirty years of research on this population have helped to create a caregiver profile and identify the significant challenges for caregivers. One area explored to a much lesser extent is the postcaregiving period, when the caregiver transitions into a period of bereavement. This period can be particularly challenging for caregivers given the commitment inherent in the caregiving process. Research has shown that the emotional reactions of caregivers as well as practical challenges do not end with the death of the care recipient. In fact, complex realities, tensions, and responses continue well after the death into the postcaregiving period. This study of bereaved women caregivers explored their lived experiences in the postcaregiving phase. One central theme emerged and suggested that the experience of caregiving had an effect on the caregivers' identities, which then influenced their bereavement processes and experiences.

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Recognizing Post‐caregiving as Part of the Caregiving Career: Implications for Practice

Cited by 25 publications

References 22 publications

Former carers: issues from the literature

Former carers: issues from the literature

What do we know about older former carers? Key issues and themes

Identities in Transition: Women Caregivers in Bereavement

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