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- Title: Roles, Responsibilities, And Relationships Among Older Husbands Caring for Wives with Progressive Dementia and Other Chronic Conditions (Report)
- Author : Health and Social Work
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 256 KB
Description
The demand for familial caregivers is growing. Although the current profile of a family caregiver is still an educated, middle-aged female, typically a daughter (National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 2004), demographic trends suggest that more men, specifically husbands and sons, will be assuming the role of primary caregiver for a chronically ill older adult over the next 20 years. At the current time, it is estimated that 37 percent of caregivers are men, with this percentage being higher among people who are not white, particularly Asians (54 percent), Latinos (41 percent), and African Americans (33 percent) (National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP 2004). There has been a growing emphasis on the experiences of male caregivers, with a primary goal of educating professionals, including social workers, about how the male experience and perspective is both similar to and different from that of female caregivers (Fitting, Rabins, Lucas, & Eastham, 1986; Snyder & Keefe, 1985). One topic that has yet to be examined among male caregivers, specifically husbands, is the way in which they define the types of transformations that occur in their relationship with the care recipient as a result of the particular health condition, its progression, and their overall status as a caregiver. This information can help social workers by providing a context for the physical, emotional, and psychological challenges husbands encounter throughout their time as caregivers.
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