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| Non-supportive interactions in the experience of women family caregivers | | Author(s) | Anne Neufeld, Margaret J Harrison, Karen Hughes |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 15, no 6, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp 530-541 |
| Source | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Social interaction ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this ethnographic study was to identify and describe types of non-supportive interactions perceived by 59 women family caregivers in four diverse situations. Participants included 15 mothers of infants born prematurely, 14 mothers of a child with a chronic disease (asthma or diabetes) and women caring for an adult family member with either cancer (15) or dementia (15). Data collection methods included an initial in-depth interview with all women, followed by a second interview with a smaller group of caregivers including a card sort exercise that was based on thematic content analysis of the first interview data. A typology of non-supportive interactions was developed from analysis of the first two interviews and confirmed in a final interview with a subset of study participants. Interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. Women in all caregiving situations described experience with three types of non-supportive interactions. These interactions were negative, ineffective or lacking expected support. The women's appraisal of interactions as supportive or non-supportive was rooted in their personal expectations and the context of their situation. Information about types of non-supportive interactions can sensitise professionals, family and friends to mismatches between their assistance and caregivers' requirements, potentially avoiding negative consequences. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071122209 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: TMA: 3DP: 7S |
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