Caregiving and Post-Caregiving Experiences of Midlife and Older Gay Men and Lesbians

Hash, Kristina M.

doi:10.1300/j083v47n03_08

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“…Most studies within this key idea include both women and men (e.g. Fromme et al 2005;Hash 2006;Bookwala 2009;Sugiura et al 2009;Dunér 2010;Lin et al 2012;Lüdecke et al 2012;Hosseinpoor et al 2013;Friedemann and Buckwalter 2014) but there are some studies that focus only on women (e.g. Mendez-Luck et al 2008, Silverman 2015.…”

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“…Meanwhile, gender norms within the same cultural context entail men being rational (as opposed to emotional) and wage earners (as opposed to caregivers); thus providing rationality and money to the family. In a qualitative American study, Hash (2006) 58 conducted interviews with gay and lesbian caregivers providing care for their older partners. The backdrop was that apart from research focusing on caregiving for persons with HIV/AIDS, very few studies have tackled the topic of caregiving in the gay and lesbian community where the caregivers are over the age of 50.…”

Section: Literature Based On Empiricalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is indicated by the fact that some caregivers experienced judgmental secondary caregivers, and this contributed to a negative caregiving experience (cf. Hash's 2006). However, the literature listed in "The key idea of gender and gender differences" show contradictory findings when it comes to gender differences as far as the availability of a secondary caregiver is concerned.…”

Section: A Gendered Lens On the Common Denominators Of Research On Camentioning

confidence: 99%

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Men do care! : A gender-aware and masculinity-informed contribution to caregiving scholarship

Wallroth

2016

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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In caregiving literature, it is often the female gender that has been the focus of attention, and in particular women's unpaid labor. Studies also tend to make comparisons between men's and women's caregiving, using men's caregiving experiences to show not only that women face greater burdens, but also that men's needs can be disregarded. This means that while gender analyses are not uncommon in the caregiving literature, gender tends to be equated with womanhood. The research problem that this dissertation addresses is therefore the gender bias that characterizes caregiving scholarship at present and the fact that this bias is impeding us from moving the debates on care and caregiving forward. The aim of the dissertation is twofold. Firstly, it attempts to contribute to the rectification of the gender bias in question by focusing on men's caregiving and answering the following research questions: What motivates men to provide care for their elderly parents? How do adult sons experience caregiving? What do adult sons think that care and caregiving are, i.e. what are their perspectives on care? Secondly, this dissertation also aims to explore whether a gender-aware and masculinity-informed perspective can be used to enhance our understanding of caregiving. Thus, through a phenomenological analysis of interviews with 19 caregiving adult sons and sons-in-law, this dissertation discusses how motives, experiences and perspectives, which have so far been interpreted as unique to women, are also matters that men talk about and consider important in caregiving. The dissertation argues therefore that much could be gained if we were to rectify the gender bias that characterizes the literature on family caregiving and explore caregiving men in the genderaware and masculinity-informed way that is lacking in this literature at present. Inspired by the debate within studies of masculinity, the dissertation argues that within the debate on care there is a hegemony of care which has so far tended to exclude men's perspectives on caregiving because literature on family caregiving has regarded women as the ideal caregivers. This dissertation shows that a gender-aware and masculinity-informed perspective on care can increase our understanding of family caregiving and contribute to the rectification of the gender bias that care research suffers from. Against this backdrop, it is proposed that caregiving men should not solely be regarded as empirically interesting. This is because they are an unexploited and theoretically profuse source of information about caregiving.

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Section: Literature Based On Empiricalmentioning

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Section: Literature Based On Empiricalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Gendered Lens On the Common Denominators Of Research On Camentioning

confidence: 99%

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Men do care! : A gender-aware and masculinity-informed contribution to caregiving scholarship

Wallroth

2016

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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“…At such times, health professionals may not understand or support the role of same-sex partners and friends in end-of-life decision making (Hash 2006), especially where there is no legal recognition of same-sex marriage (Lannutti 2011). Additionally, as discussed, when relationships are not recognised, bereaved partners and friends miss out on the social support necessary for coping with grief (Blevins and Werth 2006).…”

Section: Glbt People's Experiences With End-of-life Care and Advance mentioning

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End-of-life care for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people

Cartwright

Hughes

Lienert

2012

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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There is little understanding in Australia of the particular issues faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people in end-of-life care and advance care planning. This exploratory qualitative study aimed to achieve an initial understanding of these issues to compare with the international literature and inform the development of a larger study involving GLBT consumers. Consultations were carried out with 19 service providers and 6 GLBT community members located in the Northern Rivers and metropolitan Sydney areas of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Participants reported barriers to health care service access due to discrimination, inappropriate care, and lack of knowledge among both consumers and health care workers of legal rights at the end of life. While advance care planning can assist with improving end-of-life care, respondents reported a number of obstacles. These included a lack of knowledge and absence of perceived need, and the additional obstacle of social isolation, leading to difficulties identifying alternative decisionmakers. The study highlighted the need for community education among GLBT people and health and aged care providers on the existing legal provisions available to prevent discrimination in end-of-life care.

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“…En muchos aspectos, las dos transiciones presentan aspectos similares, lo que hace que se fusionen en una misma transición. Así pues, la transición del postcuidar engloba también aspectos referentes a la muerte y al proceso de duelo (Hash, 2006). En algunos casos, la transición se inicia días, incluso meses antes de que el familiar muera, dado que hay una preparación previa en la que el cuidador empieza a ser consciente e incluso desea el desenlace para evitar sufrimientos innecesarios a la persona que cuidan.…”

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Análisis De La Transición De Los Postcuidadores Familiares Desde La Teoría De Las Transiciones De Meleis: Una Aproximación Cualitativa

Mora‐López

Morelló

Montesó‐Curto

et al. 2018

RPESM

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RESUMENCONTEXTO: Los cuidadores familiares construyen su vida en base su familiar. Una vez este que este se muere deben reconstruir su vida. OBJETIVO: Comprender la experiencia vivida de los postcuidadores familiares en la reconstrucción de su vida cotidiana desde la teoría de Afaf Meleis. MÉTODO: un estudio cualitativo basado en la Teoría fundamentada. El método de recogida de datos fue mediante entrevistas en profundidad a 14 postcuidadores familiares, durante el periodo entre junio de 2014 y diciembre de 2015 en la región de Cataluña (España). RESULTADOS: En el análisis de las entrevistas surgieron las categorías: rememorando la vida de cuidador, la transición del postcuidar y la nueva vida como postcuidador. Al profundizar en el análisis de los discursos se observó que los elementos que estructuraban la transición de los postcuidadores familiares coincidían con las bases teóricas de la Teoría de las Transiciones de Meleis. Se presenta un análisis de todos los elementos que componen la transición del postcuidar desde la Teoria de las Transiciones. CONCLUSIÓN: La teoría de las Transiciones posee un cuerpo de conocimientos que nos hacen comprensibles las situaciones que viven los postcuidadores y nos permiten comprender la diversidad de sus experiencias. 1 Graduado en Enfermería; Doctor en Ciencias de la Enfermería; Profesor Asociado en la Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Espanha, gerardml@gmail.com 2 Graduada en Enfermería; Doctora en Ciencias de la Enfermería; Profesora Asociada en la Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona, Espanha, cberbis.hj23.ics@gencat.cat 3 Graduada en Enfermería; Doctora en Ciencias Sociales; Profesora Titular de la Enfermería en la Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tortosa, Espanha, mariapilar.monteso@urv.cat 4 Graduada en Enfermería; Doctora en Ciencias de la Enfermería; Profesora Asociada en la Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tortosa, Espanha, esmartinez.ebre.ics@gencat.cat 5 Graduada en Enfermería; Doctora en Ciencias de la Enfermería; Profesora Asociada en la Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Espanha, mariaisabel.font@urv.cat 6 Graduada en Enfermería; Doctora en Ciencias Sociales; Directora del Curso de Doctorado en Ciencia de la Enfermería en la Universitat Rovira i Virgili, carme.ferre@urv.cat RESULTS: When analyzing interview 3 categories emerged: remembering the life of the caregiver, the transition from post-care and new life as a post-caregiver. To deepen the analysis of discourses it was observed that the elements that structured the transition of postcaregivers family coincided with the theoretical basis of the Theory of Transitions Meleis. An analysis of all the elements that make the transition from post-care to the Transitions theory is presented. CONCLUSION: Transitions theory has a body of knowledge that makes us understandable situations experienced by post-caregivers and allows us to understand the diversity of their experiences.

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Caregiving and Post-Caregiving Experiences of Midlife and Older Gay Men and Lesbians

Cited by 63 publications

References 17 publications

Men do care! : A gender-aware and masculinity-informed contribution to caregiving scholarship

Men do care! : A gender-aware and masculinity-informed contribution to caregiving scholarship

End-of-life care for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people

Análisis De La Transición De Los Postcuidadores Familiares Desde La Teoría De Las Transiciones De Meleis: Una Aproximación Cualitativa

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