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Caregiver stress: a failed negotiation?
— a qualitative study in south west France | | Author(s) | A Grand, A Grand-Filaire, H Bocquet |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 49, no 3, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 179-195 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Stress ; Personal relationships ; France. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study of 54 caregivers in Toulouse, France, was to analyse the various negotiations involved in setting up and developing a caregiving relationship with a disabled older person, to understand the processes inducing caregiver stress. The analysis focused on two sub-systems of the caregiver's relationships: the caregiver/older person relationship which is characterised by the establishment and maintenance of a "tacit contract"; and the relationships with other eligible caregivers, which are marked by the "designation" of the principal caregiver. Findings revealed that failure in the negotiation process can induce a designation and/or a weak tacit contract, the result of which is the caregiver's expression of stress. This expression is closely linked to the caregiver's perception of a negative balance in his/her exchanges with the partners. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000419412 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: QNH: DS: 765 |
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