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TY - JOUR
T1 - Care, coping and identity
T2 - older men’s experiences of spousal care-giving
AU - Milligan, Christine
AU - Morbey, Hazel
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Aging Studies. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Aging Studies, 38, 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2016.05.002
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - In this paper, we draw on narrative correspondence from older male spousal caregivers and interviews with care providers from the voluntary and statutory sectors to explore how older male carers in the UK cope with and experience care-giving, the forms of support they draw upon, and how this impacts on their sense of self and identity as older men. We also consider how (or if) gender plays a part in shaping the forms of formal care support extended to male carers. We conclude, that how older men construct and perform care-giving, and how the wider family and community responds to older men as carers, can impact on how they perform masculinity. This in turn can contribute to a decline in their social networks and opportunities for sociability, leading to increased loneliness and social isolation. Such insights are important if we are to enrich our knowledge of the challenges they face, the coping mechanisms they employ, and the extent to which their support needs are met in their caring role.
AB - In this paper, we draw on narrative correspondence from older male spousal caregivers and interviews with care providers from the voluntary and statutory sectors to explore how older male carers in the UK cope with and experience care-giving, the forms of support they draw upon, and how this impacts on their sense of self and identity as older men. We also consider how (or if) gender plays a part in shaping the forms of formal care support extended to male carers. We conclude, that how older men construct and perform care-giving, and how the wider family and community responds to older men as carers, can impact on how they perform masculinity. This in turn can contribute to a decline in their social networks and opportunities for sociability, leading to increased loneliness and social isolation. Such insights are important if we are to enrich our knowledge of the challenges they face, the coping mechanisms they employ, and the extent to which their support needs are met in their caring role.
KW - Care-giving,
KW - older men
KW - identity
KW - narrative correspondence
KW - masculinity
KW - intersectionality
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaging.2016.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jaging.2016.05.002
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27531457
VL - 38
SP - 105
EP - 114
JO - Journal of Aging Studies
JF - Journal of Aging Studies
SN - 0890-4065
ER -