Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships among Older Husbands Caring for Wives with Progressive Dementia and Other Chronic Conditions

Autor/inn/en	Sanders, Sara; Power, James
Titel	Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships among Older Husbands Caring for Wives with Progressive Dementia and Other Chronic Conditions
Quelle	In: Health & Social Work, 34 (2009) 1, S.41-51 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-7283
Schlagwörter	Spouses; Dementia; Caregivers; Social Work; Chronic Illness; Males; Caregiver Role; Caseworkers; Geriatrics; Older Adults; Behavior Change; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehepartner; Demenz; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Soziale Arbeit; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Alterswissenschaft; Geriatrie; Älterer Erwachsener; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Men are playing greater roles in the provision of care for older adults with chronic health conditions. Husbands, in particular, encounter many role transformations as they witness their wives grow in levels of dependence as a result of their illnesses. This qualitative study examines the changes that occurred in the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of 17 husbands who were providing care for their wives with memory loss and other chronic health conditions. The results suggest that husbands experience changes in the ways that they adapt their marital roles to the new roles they assume as caregivers. It was found that the husbands had to learn how to form new types of relationships with their ailing wives. Implications for geriatric social workers and other health care providers are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10