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Omsorg i nöd och lust : kvinnliga och manliga anhörigvårdares upplevelser av att vårda sina makar

Hilding, Christina (2005)
School of Social Work
Abstract
In using a qualitative method have I interviewed six women and six men taking care of their wives respectively husbands suffering from physical disease, disfunction or demental disease. The purpose was to find out whether male and female caretakers were differently influenced in their situation, relationship and in their partners, when they became caretakers of their spouse, depending on what the partner suffered from.

The results showed that, when a husband or wife was hit by disease or disfunction, the caretaker was influenced both in the partners situation, the relationship and the role towards the partner. The couple still lived in a close relationship and could communicate. For the carers spouse suffered from a demental disease,... (More)
In using a qualitative method have I interviewed six women and six men taking care of their wives respectively husbands suffering from physical disease, disfunction or demental disease. The purpose was to find out whether male and female caretakers were differently influenced in their situation, relationship and in their partners, when they became caretakers of their spouse, depending on what the partner suffered from.

The results showed that, when a husband or wife was hit by disease or disfunction, the caretaker was influenced both in the partners situation, the relationship and the role towards the partner. The couple still lived in a close relationship and could communicate. For the carers spouse suffered from a demental disease, there was no communication as before or possibility to remember. The carers also felt the loss of community, nearness and sympathy. What both groups had in common was the feeling of confinement and a certain isolation in the caretaking. (Less)
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author
Hilding, Christina
supervisor
organization
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
anhörigvård, män, kvinnor, Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring, Care and help to handicapped, Handikappade, vård och rehabilitering
language
Swedish
id
1333408
date added to LUP
2005-03-15 00:00:00
date last changed
2008-05-08 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{In using a qualitative method have I interviewed six women and six men taking care of their wives respectively husbands suffering from physical disease, disfunction or demental disease. The purpose was to find out whether male and female caretakers were differently influenced in their situation, relationship and in their partners, when they became caretakers of their spouse, depending on what the partner suffered from.

The results showed that, when a husband or wife was hit by disease or disfunction, the caretaker was influenced both in the partners situation, the relationship and the role towards the partner. The couple still lived in a close relationship and could communicate. For the carers spouse suffered from a demental disease, there was no communication as before or possibility to remember. The carers also felt the loss of community, nearness and sympathy. What both groups had in common was the feeling of confinement and a certain isolation in the caretaking.}},
  author       = {{Hilding, Christina}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Omsorg i nöd och lust : kvinnliga och manliga anhörigvårdares upplevelser av att vårda sina makar}},
  year         = {{2005}},
}