Life course pathways into intergenerational caregiving

Rodrigues, Ricardo (avtor), Filipovič Hrast, Maša (avtor), Kadi, Selma (avtor), Hurtado Monarres, Miriam (avtor), Hlebec, Valentina (avtor)

Objectives - We develop a framework for the analysis of pathways into intergenerational caregiving to older people provided by family members using life course concepts of key turning events in life, cumulative processes and linked lives within the family realm. Methods - Using Framework Analysis, we analyse semi-structured qualitative interviews from a sample of dyads (older cared-for adults and their main family carers comprised of children, children-in-law and grandchildren) in Austria (N=24) and Slovenia (N=52). Data was collected in 2019 through purposive sampling, including dyads from a differentiated socio-economic background and gender. Results - The analysis reveals four non-exclusive pathways into caregiving. One pathway is associated with single turning events occurring in family or work trajectories of carers that expanded the possibilities for caregiving later in life. A second pathway referred to cumulative processes that later influenced transitions into caregiving, such as personal biographies marked by weak labour market attachment. Another cumulative pathway, exclusive to caregiving, is characterized by continued and sustained exchanges of support within families that cement reciprocal ties that underpin caregiving at later stages. In the fourth pathway, life trajectories of siblings, but also family relationships and conflicts constrained carers into their role. Discussion - Decisions regarding caregiving within families can be best understood as processes, linked to developments in other trajectories in carers’ lives, as much as to internal family dynamics and relationships. Becoming a carer may be itself the result of intertwined accumulated vulnerabilities, as well as cumulative exchanges within families.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 05.02.2022
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: Str. 1305-1314
• Številčenje: Vol. 77, no. 7
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-138617
• UDK: 364
• ISSN pri članku: 1758-5368
• DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbac024
• COBISS.SI-ID: 97104643
• Datum objave v RUL: 03.08.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: The journals of gerontology. Psychological sciences and social sciences
• Skrajšan naslov: J. geront., Ser. B Psychol. sci. soc. sci.
• Založnik: Gerontological Society of America
• ISSN: 1758-5368
• COBISS.SI-ID: 518524185

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 03.08.2022

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: J5-8235-2017
• Naslov: Exploring and understanding welfare state determinants of care provision for older people in the community in Slovenia and Austria