"We Really Help, Taking Care of Each Other": Older Homeless Adults as Caregivers.
caregiving
disability
home care
living arrangements
socioeconomic status
Journal
Gerontology & geriatric medicine
ISSN: 2333-7214
Titre abrégé: Gerontol Geriatr Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101662571
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
05
09
2019
revised:
08
11
2019
accepted:
21
11
2019
entrez:
7
1
2020
pubmed:
7
1
2020
medline:
7
1
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Many older homeless adults maintain contact with family. We conducted a qualitative study examining the role of family caregiving for older homeless adults. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with a sample of 46 homeless participants who reported spending at least one night with a housed family member in the prior 6 months. A total of 13 of 46 older adult participants provided caregiving. Themes included (a) the death of the care recipient led to the participant's homelessness; (b) feeling a duty to act as caregivers; (c) providing care in exchange for housing; (d) caregivers' ability to stay was tenuous; (e) providing care conflicted with the caregiver's needs; and (f) resentment when family was ungrateful. In a sample of older homeless adults in contact with family, many provided caregiving for housed family. For some, caregiving precipitated homelessness; for others, caregiving provided temporary respite from homelessness, and for others, caregiving continued during homelessness.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31903411
doi: 10.1177/2333721419894765
pii: 10.1177_2333721419894765
pmc: PMC6926971
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2333721419894765Subventions
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : K24 AG046372
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AG041860
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AG050630
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2019.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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