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Getting there
— mapping the gendered geography of caregiving to elderly relatives | | Author(s) | Bonnie C Hallman, Alun E Joseph |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 18, no 4, Winter 1999 |
| Pages | pp 397-414 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Women as carers ; Men as carers ; Family relationships ; Geographical distance ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The authors extend their 1996 analysis of the geography of caregiving, by closely examining the implications of time-distance between family caregivers and their older relatives. They hypothesise that overlaying a highly gendered social behaviour (eldercare) onto the distinctive time-space geographies of men and women will translate into demonstrably different "eldercare geographies". Analysis of data from two interrelated CARNET (Canadian Aging Research Network) surveys suggests that female and male caregivers provide assistance within very different time-space contexts. Women demonstrate greater engagement with caregiving and more extensive commitments in travel to provide assistance. The "distance defying" behaviour translates into the use of residential relocation as a means of modifying time-space to improve caregiving provision. In contrast, male caregivers are more sensitive to the limiting effects of time-distance, including manipulation of their eldercare geographies. The paper discusses the negative impacts of eldercare involvement, focusing on perceived effects on personal time for other family relationships. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000522203 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: P6:SH: P6:SG: DS:SJ: RJ: 7S |
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