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QUALITY IN AGEING AND OLDER ADULTS
卷 22, 期 1, 页码 40-55出版社
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/QAOA-12-2020-0063
关键词
Resilience; Informal carer; Spousal; Adult daughter; Ecological; Qualitative
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Resilience varies between adult daughter carers and spouse carers due to differences in motivation and attitude. The study highlights the importance of considering resilience at different kinship ties and supports the use of an ecological approach in understanding resilience.
Purpose Research has shown that informal carers of people living with dementia (PLWD) can be resilient in the face of caregiving challenges. However, little is known about resilience across different kinship ties. This study aims to update and build on our previous work, using an ecological resilience framework to identify and explore the factors that facilitate or hinder resilience across spousal and adult daughter carers of PLWD. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with a purposive sample of 13 carers from North West England and analysed the data using a constructivist grounded theory approach (Charmaz, 2003). Findings Adult daughters were motivated to care out of reciprocity, whereas spouses were motivated to care out of marital duty. Spouses had a more positive and accepting attitude towards caregiving and were better able to maintain continuity, which facilitated their resilience. Research limitations/implications Resilience emerged on multiple levels and depended on the type of kinship tie, which supports an ecological approach to resilience. The implications of these findings are discussed. Originality/value This paper makes a novel contribution to the literature as it uses an in-depth qualitative methodology to compare resilience across spousal and adult daughter carers of PLWD. This study adopts an ecological approach to identify not just individual-level resilience resources but also interactive community- and societal-level resources.
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