"It Should Have Been Happening to Me": The Psychosocial Issues Older Caregiving Mothers Experience

Autor/inn/en	Raveis, Victoria H.; Pretter, Sheindy; Carrero, Monique
Titel	"It Should Have Been Happening to Me": The Psychosocial Issues Older Caregiving Mothers Experience
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Social Work, 13 (2010) 2, S.131-148 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2158
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Daughters; Cancer; Caregivers; Oncology; Content Analysis; Older Adults; Interviews; English; Spanish; Audio Equipment; Clinical Diagnosis; Parent Child Relationship; Family (Sociological Unit) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Onkologie; Inhaltsanalyse; Älterer Erwachsener; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; English language; Englisch; Spanisch; Audio-CD; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Familie
Abstract	The occurrence of cancer is an event of significant importance to family functioning. The present analysis reports on an understudied group profoundly affected by this health event: older mothers caring for an adult child with cancer. As part of a study of breast cancer survivors and their family caregivers, a subsample (N = 13) of older caregiving mothers (mean age 68) participated in focused interviews. The interviews, conducted in English or Spanish, were audio-taped, transcribed, and subjected to content analysis. Analyses of the mothers' accounts elucidate complex psychosocial reactions to their adult daughters' cancer diagnosis that are informed by life-cycle considerations. These reactions, which include a reawakening of maternal behavior, a need to come to terms with the asynchronous nature of their daughters' health event, and an intense feeling of personal responsibility, illustrate the need for family-centered care in oncology. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10