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Family caregiver respite and leisure: a feminist perspective
Author(s) -
Strang Vicki R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2001.1510074.x
Subject(s) - respite care , perspective (graphical) , dementia , psychology , family caregivers , qualitative research , nursing , medicine , sociology , social science , disease , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Large numbers of family members, particulary women, find themselves in the stressful roles of caring for their frail elders with dementia. Although caregiver respite is seen as one way to mitigate the negative consequences of care giving, many caregivers are reluctant to use services which offer them respite opportunities. By focusing on the similarities between respite and leisure experiences from a feminist perspective, this caregiver hesitancy will be explored. Interpreting the stories of eight women caregivers participating in a qualitative study which examined the experience of respite for family caregivers of persons with dementia, convergence between the experiences of leisure an of respite occur in at least four areas. These included: the experience of freedom, the getting away from obligatory routine, the pursuit of personally satisfying activities, and bothe as an ‘attitude of the mind’.