Search for dissertations about: "sons’ caregiving"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words sons’ caregiving.

  2. 1. Men do care! : A gender-aware and masculinity-informed contribution to caregiving scholarship

    Author : Veronika Wallroth; Sandra Torres; Elisabeth Cedersund; Henrik Eriksson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Care; family caregiving; gender; men; masculinity; motive; experience; perspective; Omsorg; familjeomsorg; genus; män; maskulinitet; motiv; erfarenhet; perspektiv;

    Abstract : In caregiving literature, it is often the female gender that has been the focus of attention, and in particular women’s unpaid labor. Studies also tend to make comparisons between men’s and women’s caregiving, using men’s caregiving experiences to show not only that women face greater burdens, but also that men’s needs can be minimized. READ MORE

  4. 2. Gender and Emotions in Family Care – Understanding masculinity and gender equality in Sweden

    Author : Sofia Björk; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; doing gender; re-doing gender; undoing gender; moral intelligibility; masculinities; emotion management; empathic imagination; fatherhood; parenthood; eldercare; sons’ caregiving; gender equality; liveability; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses care responsibilities in families as an arena for gender reproduction and change, primarily in the Swedish context, which includes a long history of gender equality policies, and broad public support for ideals of gender equality. The overall aim is to contribute to understanding of how gender continues to be given relevance in family caregiving when caregivers, in their efforts to form liveable and emotionally sustainable lives, make them-selves intelligible in relation to sometimes conflicting norms and ideals of care, work and gender equality. READ MORE

  5. 3. Family-based dementia care : experiences from the perspective of spouses and adult children

    Author : Wallis Jansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Dementia; family caregiver; spouses; adult children; burden; positive aspects; population-based study; observational study; intervention; visual problems.;

    Abstract : Spouses' and adult childrens' experiences of being a caregiver to a relative with dementia were investigated and an intervention study was carried out and evaluated. Study I aimed to investigate how adult children (n=81) experienced their role as primary caregivers of parents suffering from dementia. READ MORE

  6. 4. Patterns of care and support in old age

    Author : Sigurveig Sigurdardottir; Gerdt Sundström; Bo Malmberg; Marie Ernsth Bravell; Kåreholt Ingemar; Svein Olav Daatland; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This study describes the situation for community living older people, 65 years of age and older in Iceland, analyzing their needs for care and services and how these needs are met. The study analyzes the relationship between the main providers of help and care, the formal caregivers and the informal carers. READ MORE