Understanding Resilience of Adult Foster Care Providers

Reopening a can of words: Qualitative secondary data analysis

“…Consideration of the value of multiple lenses in qualitative research, including secondary analysis, implies valuing others and their voices, and valuing relational connection. This valuing of multiple voices relates to an understanding of reciprocity, or the natural give and take in community contexts that are widely discussed within HDFS contexts, including parenting, caregiving, and families (Altheide, 2008;Munly et al, 2016;Munly et al, 2018;Noddings, 2010). This value of multiple lenses is practiced in qualitative research through methods that allow more voices, and more of the community, to be represented.…”

“…Major findings (Munly et al, 2018) Inquiry for retrospective introspection What strategies do AFC providers implement in their efforts to integrate residents into the AFC homes and communities?…”

“…Adult Foster Care providers focus their caregiving in homelike settings on specific subsets of adults, such as adults with dementia, serious mental illness, cognitive disabilities, and/or mobility challenges. In this research, Munly et al (2018) conducted semi-structured interviews and engaged in grounded theory data analysis, exploring how providers perceived and navigated their role as gatekeepers between the state regulatory system and Adult Foster Care residents. The study design was guided by (a) literature reviewing practices and findings in Adult Foster Care, the disabilities context of Adult Foster Care, and a similar but distinct practice, Child Foster Care; (b) a theoretical framework incorporating intersectionality, theories of power, difference, and hierarchy; and care and relational reciprocity; and (c) her reflexivity, drawing on her experiences in care work.…”