Supportive strategies for men who perform a care role : an occupational perspective

Davys, D; Collins, T

Abstract

Background/Aim: Health and social care practitioners often work alongside care givers. The aim of this study is consider commonality in the experience of being a male caregiver from specific perspectives utilising secondary analysis of research related to fathers of an adult child who has intellectual disability, and a study related to older widowers.
Methods: Secondary analysis of findings arising from two qualitative studies of men who have experience of a care role from different perspectives was applied using a triangulation approach to illuminate, develop and enrich findings between studies.
Findings: Overarching themes across the two studies included ‘Aspects of a care role’ and ‘Supportive mechanisms’. The findings demonstrate that men from these specific groups are actively involved in care and there are varied aspects to a care role. Factors that support men include the provision of appropriate and timely information, time spent in leisure activities, support from family, friends and individualised services.
Conclusions: If service providers are aware of strategies that are useful to male carers, this may support the health and wellbeing of both carer and the person they support.

Citation

Davys, D., & Collins, T. (2020). Supportive strategies for men who perform a care role : an occupational perspective. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 27(5), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2018.0133

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 16, 2019
• Online Publication Date: May 22, 2020
• Publication Date: May 2, 2020
• Deposit Date: Sep 20, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 22, 2020
• Journal: International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
• Print ISSN: 1741-1645
• Electronic ISSN: 1759-779X
• Publisher: MA Healthcare
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1-10
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2018.0133
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2018.0133
• Related Public URLs: https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/toc/ijtr/current
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Originally titled "Supportive strategies for men who have a care role : an occupational perspective."; Access Information : This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2018.0133