African American Professional and Managerial Women’s Journeys Through Caregiving for Elderly Parents

Thorne, Claudia

doi:10.1007/s12111-020-09480-9

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“…First, though this study captured multiple stress exposures, other stressors such as negative interactions with family members and caregiving strain were not accounted for here. Caregiving strain is especially relevant, as provision of care for aging parents, an ailing spouse, or younger grandchildren disproportionately falls on the shoulders of Black women (G. F. Carr, Hayslip, & Gray, 2012;Thorne, 2020). Second, health measures were self-reported, which could present challenges with validity and potentially underestimate illness prevalence (Idler & Cartwright, 2018); nonetheless, this study's use of multiple health indicators, and consistency in ethnic patterns across the health outcomes, aids in addressing potential biases that a single health status measure could introduce.…”

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Stress Exposure and Physical Health among Older African American and Caribbean Black Women

Erving

2022

J Aging Health

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Objectives: This study assessed whether multiple stress exposures and stress accumulation explained differences in physical health among Afro-Caribbean and African American women in older adulthood. Whether specific stressors uniquely influenced the health of African American and Afro-Caribbean women was also examined. Methods: Data were drawn from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) ( N=867; 50 years and older). Physical health was assessed by multiple chronic conditions, functional limitations, and self-rated health. Weighted binary logistic regression and ordered logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results: Compared to Afro-Caribbean women, African American women had worse physical health and greater stress exposure. Nonetheless, stress exposure did not explain ethnic differences in physical health. The association between specific measures of stress and physical health was dependent on the stressor and physical health measure. Discussion: Findings emphasize the importance of ethnic variation in health and stress exposure among older US Black women. Study implications are discussed.

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Stress Exposure and Physical Health among Older African American and Caribbean Black Women

Erving

2022

J Aging Health

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“…Two-thirds of Black women in this sample reported short sleep (i.e., less than seven hours). Given the high prevalence of short sleep, other dynamics like caregiving responsibilities for children and older family members, which disproportionately befall Black women (Thorne 2020), might play a larger role in understanding why most of the sample reported sleep duration of less than seven hours each night. Sleep efficiency assessed the proportion of time asleep over the time spent in bed.…”

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Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Black Women’s Sleep Health

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Gendered racial microaggressions reflect historical and contemporary gendered racism that Black women encounter. Although gendered racial microaggressions are related to psychological outcomes, it is unclear if such experiences are related to sleep health. Moreover, the health effects of gendered racial microaggressions dimensions are rarely investigated. Using a cohort of Black women (N = 400), this study employs an intracategorical intersectional approach to (1) investigate the association between gendered racial microaggressions and sleep health, (2) assess whether gendered racial microaggressions dimensions are related to sleep health, and (3) examine whether the gendered racial microaggressions–sleep health association persists after accounting for depressive symptoms and worry. Gendered racial microaggressions were associated with poor sleep quality overall and four specific domains: subjective sleep quality, latency, disturbance, and daytime sleepiness. Two gendered racial microaggressions dimensions were especially detrimental for sleep: assumptions of beauty/sexual objectification and feeling silenced and marginalized. After accounting for mental health, the effect of gendered racial microaggressions on sleep was reduced by 47 percent. Future research implications are discussed.

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“…Yet more African American men are assuming the caregiving roles [13]. African American female caregivers have historically reported a lower caregiver burden than other groups [14,15,16]. However, the historical support system for African Americans to care for elders has changed due to increasing mobility, smaller family size, more persons remaining single, and the growing rates of divorce [16][17][18].…”

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“…African American female caregivers have historically reported a lower caregiver burden than other groups [14,15,16]. However, the historical support system for African Americans to care for elders has changed due to increasing mobility, smaller family size, more persons remaining single, and the growing rates of divorce [16][17][18]. These changes have resulted in increased caregiver burden and adverse health, mental health, and financial consequences [16,19,20].…”

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“…However, the historical support system for African Americans to care for elders has changed due to increasing mobility, smaller family size, more persons remaining single, and the growing rates of divorce [16][17][18]. These changes have resulted in increased caregiver burden and adverse health, mental health, and financial consequences [16,19,20]. Recent studies suggest African American caregivers caring for dementia family members display higher rates of physical and psychological symptomology of stress and anxiety at similar levels to White caregivers [21] and they are at higher risk of developing Alzheimer's themselves [22].…”

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Kawaida Theory and the Nguzo Saba: African-centered Caregiving for the Elders

Thorne

2023

JMHSB

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There is limited research on culturally sensitive interventions to support African American caregivers of elderly relatives. This qualitative research study explores caregiving among twenty African American professional and managerial women baby boomers caring for older parents. Study findings generate a culturally relevant, African-centered caregiving perspective to add to the literature on caregiving. Study results support the application of Nguzo Saba principles – Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith) to African American caregiving practices. The knowledge generated from this study has implications for social work interventions with individuals, groups, and communities to support African American caregivers.

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African American Professional and Managerial Women’s Journeys Through Caregiving for Elderly Parents

Cited by 4 publications

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Stress Exposure and Physical Health among Older African American and Caribbean Black Women

Stress Exposure and Physical Health among Older African American and Caribbean Black Women

Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Black Women’s Sleep Health

Kawaida Theory and the Nguzo Saba: African-centered Caregiving for the Elders

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