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Towards a model of externalisation and denationalisation of care? The role of female migrant care workers for dependent older people in Spain
- Author:
- ROMERO Belén Agrela
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 15(1), 2012, pp.45-61.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The aim of this article is to analyse the role of migrant care workers in relation to older dependent people in Spain. This new model of care has come about due to: the rapid ageing of the population of Spain; the lack of formal care services; and the increasing presence of women in the labour market resulting in a shortage of informal care. These factors have led to a situation in which ‘importing’ female immigrants has become something of an ‘informal solution’ among both policy-makers and people who require their services. This article analyses how this point has been reaching, drawing primarily upon the connection established between the welfare state, the feminisation of migrations, and global care chains. It describes the limitations of the public system of protection of elders, as well as those of formal care services, making eldercare reliant upon family involvement. Since the high cost of private companies’ services cannot be met by all family budgets, resorting to migrant carers emerges as a solution to the problem. Finally, the article argues that the current conditions favour the production of social inequalities related to gender, class and nationality, and considers the implications for social work practice.
Daughters who care: daughters caring for mothers at home
- Authors:
- LEWIS Jane, MEREDITH Barbara
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 194p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Women still taking care
- Author:
- BUTLER Sandra
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 52(3), April 2009, pp.277-293.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Home care workers - almost exclusively women - provide hands-on care and emotional support to millions of older people each year. This work is physically and emotionally challenging, and low wages, lack of benefits and the low status of the work make recruitment and retention difficult. This article reports on an exploratory study of the experiences of older home care workers which aimed to understand how society can best support these older home care workers in the important work they do. A secondary purpose was to provide preliminary data for potential future research investigating how work experiences may differ for older, versus younger, home care workers with the ultimate goal of more specifically targeting workplace interventions based on worker needs.
Relationship difficulties in dementia care: a discursive analysis of two women's accounts
- Author:
- FORBAT Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 2(1), February 2003, pp.67-84.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article reports the account given by the mother and how this intersects with the account given by the daughter. The discursive analysis presented centralizes a concern with attending to the accounts of people with dementia. Analysis of the talk of people with dementia can make a valuable contribution to understanding care relationships. Such analysis has the potential for shedding light on difficulties in care relationships.
The primacy of family in elder care discourse: home care services to older ethnic women in Canada
- Author:
- BROTMAN Shari
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(2), 2002, pp.19-51.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article reports on the findings of a qualitative study addressing the experience of access among ethnic minority elderly women. It highlightsthe primary role of families in the discourse of home care and the resulting pressures this places on older ethnic women and their families.
Friendship across the life cycle: a support group for older women
- Authors:
- GREENBERG Sarah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 32(4), 2000, pp.7-23.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Using a group work model, this article discusses a short term group for older women developed to explore the importance of friendship in late life. Social work group practice that focuses on the meaning and development of friendship for and with older women is presented as an effective therapeutic intervention for practitioners in settings such as community mental health clinics, senior centres, elderly housing, home care agencies and nursing homes.
Everyday problem solving in elderly women: contributions of residence perceived control, and age
- Authors:
- COLLINS Kathryn, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(3), June 1997, pp.293-302.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Examines the use of relativistic operations in everyday problem solving by elderly women. Structured interviews canvassed the role of residence and other factors thought to contribute to the maintenance of problem-solving skills. Path analysis was used to test the developed model of the influences of age, engagement in problem-solving activities, control orientation, problem familiarity and residence on the use of relativistic operations. Partial support was found for the proposed model. Community residents used significantly more relativistic operations to solve the problems than did hostel residents. Findings provide initial evidence of the extent to which variables other than age can influence everyday problem-solving performance.
Anger and depression management: psychoeducational skill training interventions for women caregivers of a relative with dementia
- Authors:
- COON David W, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(5), October 2003, pp.678-689.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study examines the short-term impact of two theoretically based psychoeducational small group interventions with distressed caregivers, and it also examines the role of specific moderator and mediator variables on caregiver outcomes. Female participants (N = 169) aged 50 and older who were caring for a community-dwelling relative with a dementing illness were randomly assigned to one of three treatment interventions: anger management, depression management, or a wait-list control group. These interventions took place over a 3- to 4-month period. The primary outcomes examined were anger or hostile mood, depressed mood, frequency of use of positive and negative coping strategies, and perceived caregiving self-efficacy. Significant main effects in the expected direction were found for changes in most of these measures. Participants in both anger management and depression management groups had significant reductions in their levels of anger or hostility and depression from Time 1 to Time 2 in comparison to participants in the wait-list control group. Use of positive cognitive coping strategies increased in the anger management group only. Self-efficacy significantly increased for participants in both intervention groups, and it was also demonstrated to function as a mediator of intervention effects. Pretreatment levels of depressive symptoms and anger expression style (Anger Expression-Out) moderated the relative effects of the two interventions on mood and coping. These data are consistent with a growing body of evidence supporting the effectiveness of skills training, in small groups, to improve both the affective states and the type of coping strategies used by caregivers. In addition, this study underscores the need to evaluate key pretreatment variables in order to determine which form of treatment may be more compatible with caregiver characteristics and thus more likely to be beneficial to individuals.