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Husbands and sons in the United States and Japan
— cultural expectations and caregiving experiences | | Author(s) | Phyllis Braudy Harris, Susan Orpett Long |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging Studies, vol 13, no 3, Fall 1999 |
| Pages | pp 241-268 |
| Keywords | Husbands as carers ; Sons as carers ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social roles ; Family relationships ; Social pressures ; Comparison ; United States of America ; Japan. |
| Annotation | In the US and Japan, social and demographic changes are placing pressure on men to become involved in elder care. In Japan, 15% of caregivers to older people are men, compared with 28% in the US. This qualitative study uses in-depth interviews with 15 Japanese and 30 American men to compare their daily caregiving experiences, and to examine the impact of culture on their roles. The authors identify common elements as well as differences in husbands' and sons' motivations to take on this role, the tasks they perform, the impact on their lives, and societal responses. Culture is a factor in the social shaping of the caregiving experience through different societal expectations about the roles, coupled with different family structure, different caregiving ideals, different views on dependency, and different views on self-expression and on the need to maintain harmonious relationships. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991022230 A |
| Classmark | P6:SNA: P6:SSA: F: TM5: DS:SJ: TM7: 48: 7T: 7DT |
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