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Relational, community‐based and practical: Support systems used by Canadian spousal caregivers living seasonally in the United States.
- Source :
- Health & Social Care in the Community; Nov2022, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p2311-2319, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Every year tens of thousands of older Canadians travel to the southern United States (US) to live there seasonally during the winter months to enjoy a warmer climate—a practice known as international retirement migration. Several factors facilitate participation in this transnational mobility, including having the financial resources needed to live abroad. For those managing chronic or acute health conditions, traveling with a caregiver (typically a spouse) is another important facilitator. In this qualitative analysis, we explore the transnational systems of support that Canadian international retirement migrant spousal caregivers draw upon to enable them to provide care while in the US. We report on the findings of ten semi‐structured dyad interviews (n = 20 participants) conducted with Canadian international retirement migrants living seasonally in Yuma, Arizona. The dyads consisted of spouses, one of whom had defined care needs and the other of whom provided informal care. Through thematic analysis of these interviews, we identified three types of transnational support systems that spousal caregivers draw on: relational, community‐based and practical. While aspects of these support systems have been documented in other informal care‐giving studies, this analysis demonstrates their copresence in the transnational care‐giving context associated with international retirement migration. Overall, this analysis highlights the benefits of close social relations enjoyed by international retirement migrants providing informal care to mitigate the lack of access to their established support networks at home. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL support
TRANSITIONAL care
CHRONIC diseases
RESEARCH methodology
SOCIAL networks
EMIGRATION & immigration
INTERVIEWING
COMMUNITY health services
SPOUSES
QUALITATIVE research
DOCUMENTATION
PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers
INTERPERSONAL relations
RESEARCH funding
RETIREMENT
PATIENT care
THEMATIC analysis
PALLIATIVE treatment
MEDICAL needs assessment
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09660410
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health & Social Care in the Community
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160812733
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13781