Daughters Caring for Dying Parents: A Process of Relinquishing
Caring for elderly, dying parents is challenging for daughters as they try to balance other obligations and responsibilities. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explain the domain of daughters' caregiving experiences in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The primary author intervi...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1049732307306123 2024-09-30T14:38:53+00:00 Daughters Caring for Dying Parents: A Process of Relinquishing Read, Trudy Wuest, Judith 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732307306123 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1049732307306123 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Qualitative Health Research volume 17, issue 7, page 932-944 ISSN 1049-7323 1552-7557 journal-article 2007 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732307306123 2024-09-17T04:40:42Z Caring for elderly, dying parents is challenging for daughters as they try to balance other obligations and responsibilities. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explain the domain of daughters' caregiving experiences in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The primary author interviewed 12 women whose parents had died. Three types of turmoil (emotional, relational, and societal) emerged as the central issue for these women. The authors discovered a substantive theory of Relinquishing with interdependent processes of Keeping Vigil, Navigating Systems, Facing Loss, and an end process of Coming to Terms. In moving through the process of Relinquishing, social conditions of personal ideals, family expectations, and societal demands determine strategies employed by any one daughter to manage her turmoil. The findings fill a gap in knowledge related to daughters' caregiving for dying parents by contributing a theoretical framework that will inform women, health care providers, researchers, and health policy makers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland SAGE Publications Canada Newfoundland Qualitative Health Research 17 7 932 944 |
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Caring for elderly, dying parents is challenging for daughters as they try to balance other obligations and responsibilities. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explain the domain of daughters' caregiving experiences in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The primary author interviewed 12 women whose parents had died. Three types of turmoil (emotional, relational, and societal) emerged as the central issue for these women. The authors discovered a substantive theory of Relinquishing with interdependent processes of Keeping Vigil, Navigating Systems, Facing Loss, and an end process of Coming to Terms. In moving through the process of Relinquishing, social conditions of personal ideals, family expectations, and societal demands determine strategies employed by any one daughter to manage her turmoil. The findings fill a gap in knowledge related to daughters' caregiving for dying parents by contributing a theoretical framework that will inform women, health care providers, researchers, and health policy makers. |
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