Motives, experiences and strategies of next of kin helping older relatives in the Swedish welfare context: a qualitative study
Motives, experiences and strategies of next of kin helping older relatives in the Swedish welfare context: a qualitative study
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10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00631.x
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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1.9
通讯作者：
Duner, Anna
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作者：
Duner, Anna
《国际社会福利杂志》2010年第19卷第54 - 62页。© 2008作者，期刊汇编 © 2009布莱克威尔出版有限公司与《国际社会福利杂志》。在瑞典这个正式老年护理的官方目标是普遍性和广泛覆盖的国家，近亲为老年人提供了大部分帮助。这项定性访谈研究调查了那些为同时接受市政老年护理正式帮助的老年亲属提供非正式帮助的近亲的想法和行为。在瑞典社会政策的背景下，非正式的帮助行为与多种动机、经历和策略相关。提供帮助的动机包括道德考量、情感依恋以及“出于必要”。近亲的经历支持了矛盾心理是非正式帮助行为的一个重要特征这一观点。他们采用了不同的策略，包括积极的和消极的，来应对自身的处境。该研究指出，为老年人及其非正式和正式的支持网络勾勒出合作的工作形式和方法，以减轻提供帮助的近亲所体验到的矛盾心理，这是非常重要的。
Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 54-62 (C) 2008 The Author(s), Journal compilation (C) 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare.Next of kin provide the major part of the help given to older people in Sweden, a country where the official goals of formal eldercare are universality and extensive coverage. This qualitative interview study investigates the thoughts and actions of next of kin who provide informal help to older relatives who also receive formal help from the municipal eldercare. Informal help-giving, in the context of Swedish social policy, was connected with a multiplicity of motives, experiences and strategies. The motives for help-giving were moral considerations, emotional attachment and 'out of necessity'. The experiences of next of kin support the idea of ambivalence as a significant feature of informal help-giving. Different strategies were employed, both active and passive in nature, to manage their situation. The study points out the importance of outlining working forms and methods of collaboration for older persons and their informal and formal networks to lessen the ambivalence experienced by help-giving next of kin.