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

Davys, D; Collins, T

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D Davys

T Collins



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

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