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| Expectations and attitudes affecting patterns of informal care in farming families in Northern Ireland | | Author(s) | Deirdre Heenan |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 20, part 2, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 203-216 |
| Keywords | The Family ; Agricultural Industry ; Family care ; Attitude ; Northern Ireland. |
| Annotation | Recent research in Northern Ireland examining the needs and circumstances of informal carers has highlighted the personal and financial costs of caring. The authors begin with a short overview of the literature of informal care in Northern Ireland, noting that studies have taken no account of the particular expectations and attitudes towards informal care within farming families, who view care of their older relatives as a natural responsibility. This paper draws on in-depth interviews with farmers' wives caring for in-laws. Findings indicate that the reputation of farming families within the local community is strongly dependent on their treatment of the older generation. Help from the state and the voluntary sector is extremely limited. Rather than being described as burdensome and difficult, these family arrangements are described as beneficial of everyone involved. It is argued that expectations and attitudes towards care within farming families are significantly different from those of non-farming families. Policy-makers and practitioners must take account of this in the context of care in the community. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000502004 A |
| Classmark | SJ: X4: P6:SJ: DP: 9Y |
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