Men as Caregivers at the End of Life

Fromme, Erik K.; Drach, Linda L.; Tolle, Susan W.; Ebert, Patricia; Miller, Pamela J.; Perrin, Nancy; Tilden, Virginia P.

doi:10.1089/jpm.2005.8.1167

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“…write, for example, that it is the female gender that has been the focus of attention, and in particular women's unpaid labor. Fromme et al (2005) write that studies tend to make comparisons between men's and women's caregiving, using men's caregiving experience to show the challenges women face, and minimizing the needs of men. It is also worth noting that Henz (2009) argues that men's caring has been under-represented in many studies because research on family caregiving captures only a narrow range of care activities.…”

Section: Caregiving Men In Previous Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…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.…”

Section: Literature Based On Empiricalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One of these challenges is that most studies seem to find that women report higher levels of caregiving strain and distress than men do. Fromme et al (2005) write:…”

Section: Literature Based On Empiricalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, these researchers suggest that their findings show that even when male caregivers are distressed they may not mention their struggle unless they are asked. Fromme et al (2005) pointed out that unfortunately a direct question about caregiving strain may not be the most fruitful approach:…”

Section: Literature Based On Empiricalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When it comes to positive experiences it seems that, from the studies included in the key idea, men experience caregiving more positively and women experience caregiving as more burdensome (e.g. Fromme et al 2005, Dunér 2010, Friedemann and Buckwalter 2014. However, I think there is a bias problem within research in "The key idea of gender and gender differences" that has do with stereotypical assumptions about men and women as caregivers.…”

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: Caregiving Men In Previous Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Based On Empiricalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One of these challenges is that most studies seem to find that women report higher levels of caregiving strain and distress than men do. Fromme et al (2005) write:…”

Section: Literature Based On Empiricalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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