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Ch. 7 cont’d

Ch. 7 cont’d. Caregiving Video: Labour of Love: 5 Caregiving Stories. Four macrosocial aspects have contributed to caregiving as a visible social issue (Gatz et al., 2001). Increases in life expectancy Fertility declines Increase in female labour force participation Family structure.

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Ch. 7 cont’d

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  1. Ch. 7 cont’d Caregiving Video: Labour of Love: 5 Caregiving Stories

  2. Four macrosocial aspects have contributed to caregiving as a visible social issue (Gatz et al., 2001) • Increases in life expectancy • Fertility declines • Increase in female labour force participation • Family structure

  3. Who Become Caregivers? • Predictable sequence • Spouse • Adult children • Relative of their spouse • Nieces and nephews • Siblings • Adult grandchildren

  4. How is the decision made to become a caregiver? (Stajduhar & Davies, 2005) Decisions were characterized as: Uninformed Indifferent Negotiated

  5. Caregiver Tasks (Gatz et al. 1990) • Emotional support and advice • Instrumental help • Personal care • Managing finances • Formal service providers • Direct financial assistance

  6. Care Recipient • Up to 2/3 of care recipients react negatively to help

  7. Spouse-spouse caregiving couples (e.g., Chappell & Kuehne, 1998; Pinquart & Sorensen, 2006) • Positive affect • Esp when husband the caregiver • Negative affect • Gender differences

  8. Mother-daughter caregiving relationship • Positive aspects(e.g., Jansson et al., 1998, Walker et al., 1992) • Negative aspects • Developmental schism • Sandwich generation • Are they experiencing the sandwich? • <50% of Cdn women aged 40-69yrs (Rosenthal et al., 1989)

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