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A half life
— women caregivers of older disabled relatives | | Author(s) | Isabella Paoletti |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 11, no 1, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 53-68 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Social surveys ; Italy. |
| Annotation | The impact of caring on caregivers' lifestyle and health is explored. Interviews were carried out with women caregivers aged over 30. Transcripts were analysed through a detailed discourse analysis within an ethnomethodological framework, showing how the caring tasks are constructed in the interaction as a woman's duty, inscribed in a gendered moral order. A difference is noted between family caregivers who describe the caring tasks as the cause of intense stress, physical and psychological problems, and voluntary or paid caregivers who see caring as a source of satisfaction and well-being. This study is part of a wider research project, "The role of women in the family care of disabled elderly", conducted by the Department of Social and Economic Studies of INCRA (National Institute for the Cure and Care of Older People), Ancona, Italy. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990518209 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: 3F: 76V |
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