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| Neighbors, friends and other nonkin caregivers of community-living dependent elders | | Author(s) | Judith C Barker |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 3, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp S158-S167 |
| Keywords | Friend care ; Informal care ; Neighbours ; Women as carers ; Men as carers ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 114 American caregivers and care recipients recruited from the community. The variety of strategies used to analyse results suggest that non-kin caregiving proved to be heterogeneous in initiation of relationship, form, duration, tasks performed, and association with family caregivers. Partnerships ranged from 0.1 to 57 years in duration, with just over half (58%) starting with the provision of care. Many caregivers (47%) were themselves aged 65+. There was little variation in what motivated or rewarded caregivers, many of whom felt morally obligated to help. More than half of the sample used kin terms to characterise their relationship. Four distinct styles of relationship were discerned - casual, bounded, committed, and incorporative - varying by degree of emotional intimacy and types of assistance given. All relationships, however, involved socialising and help with at least two instrumental tasks of daily life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020617213 A |
| Classmark | P6:SX: P6: SY: P6:SH: P6:SG: 3F: 7T |
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