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| Family and family-like interactions in households with round-the-clock paid foreign carers in Israel | | Author(s) | Liat Ayalon |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 29, part 5, July 2009 |
| Pages | pp 671-686 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | The Family ; Personal relationships ; Asian people ; Philippines ; Care support workers ; Domestic services [domiciliary] ; Qualitative Studies ; Israel. |
| Annotation | This paper reports a study of family and family-like interactions and transfers, or exchanges of goods and resources, between paid, round-the-clock, Filipino home carers and those they care for in a sample of households in Israel. Qualitative interviews about their experiences and attitudes concerning the care role were conducted with 22 family members and 29 Filipino home care workers. A thematic analysis of the interview data identified three major themes: the structure and internal dynamics of the adapted family or family-like system of care; the role of family members; and the role of Filipino home care workers in the new system of care. Sons and daughters tended to appropriate the care management positions and to reduce their social and emotional support for the care recipient. In contrast, spouse caregivers continued to provide some of the personal and emotional care, even when a Filipino home care worker was employed. Filipino home care workers were made responsible for daily care and domestic routines and provided emotional and social care. It was found that family members do not relinquish their role as caregivers when round-the-clock foreign carers are on hand, but the name of their role changes. The result suggests foreign home-care workers' job description needs to be redefined to acknowledge the substantial social and emotional care that they provide. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090611001 A |
| Classmark | SJ: DS: TKK: 7XK: QRS: NG: 3DP: 7H6 |
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