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How Women in Late Midlife Become Caregivers for Their Aging Parents
Ist Teil von
Journal of women & aging, 2012-07, Vol.24 (3), p.242-261
Ort / Verlag
England: Taylor & Francis Group
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Approximately 52 million Americans provide informal (unpaid) care to a family member or friend who is disabled or ill. The most common informal caregiving relationship is that of an adult child providing assistance to an aging parent. This article describes a qualitative study examining how adult daughters between the ages of 50 and 65 become caregivers to their parent or parent-in-law. Data were collected through in-depth, face-to-face interviews with 15 female caregivers. Analysis revealed that assistance provided to parents was initiated by one or more triggering event, after which participants became caregivers in either an emergent or deliberate manner.