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| Aged women caregivers of grandchildren orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Southern Nigeria | | Author(s) | Friday A Eboiyehi |
| Journal title | BOLD, vol 19, no 1, November 2008 |
| Publisher | International Institute on Ageing (United Nations - Malta), November 2008 |
| Pages | pp 22-31 |
| Source | http://www.inia.org.mt |
| Keywords | AIDS ; Grandparents as carers ; Grandmothers ; Older women ; Grandchildren ; Social surveys ; Nigeria. |
| Annotation | The impact of caregiving on older women (particularly grandmothers) who act as caregivers to their grandchildren orphaned by AIDS is examined. The study relied primarily on data generated from interviews with 30 older women caregivers (aged 65+) purposively selected from three local government areas (LGAs) in Southern Nigeria, namely Oredo (south), Ilesa West (south-west), and Idemili North (south-east). There was no rigid sampling process. Interviews were conducted as these caregivers of orphaned grandchildren were found and consented to participating in the study. The study also initialised a snowball-sampling method, whereby an older woman caregiver volunteered information leading to the identification of other older women caregivers. The study adopts content analysis for data sorting, and each key comment is illustrated with selected verbatim quotes from the study participants, which represent the views expressed by the interviewees. Findings indicated that the older women caregivers of orphaned grandchildren were going through hardship, which had resulted in stress, ill-health and psychological trauma in shouldering the responsibilities of caring for their grandchildren after burying their own children who left no reserves for the family members to cope with. Their responsibilities included payment of school fees, feeding, clothing and provision of medical care. The coping strategies included engaging in subsistence farming, petty trading, assistance from members of their religious groups, relatives as well as alms begging. Policy implications of the study are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090127212 A |
| Classmark | CQTT: P6:SW: SW2: BD: SW5: 3F: 7MT |
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