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Older lesbians receiving home care
— formal and informal dimensions of caregiving | | Author(s) | Sandra S Butler |
| Journal title | Journal of Women and Aging, vol 30, no 2, March-April 2018 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, March-April 2018 |
| Pages | pp 91-110 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Lesbians ; Transexuals ; Usage [services] ; Home care services ; Qualitative Studies ; Quantitative studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Older lesbians face the triple jeopardy of ageism, sexism, and heterosexism, and their experiences are largely invisible. This qualitative, exploratory study examines the formal and informal caregiving experiences of 20 lesbians age 65+ from across the United States who had used home care services due to acute illness or chronic disabilities. Half of those not partnered reported some level of isolation from support networks. Nearly all study participants eventually found home care workers with whom they were satisfied and even quite connected. Practice implications are discussed in the context of study participants' views of how being lesbian affects their ageing process and day-to-day lives. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180525226 A |
| Classmark | ES6DB: ES6G: QLD: NH: 3DP: 3DQ: 7T |
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