TY - JOUR
T1 - Role Ambiguity Among Women Providing Care for Ex-Husbands
AU - Cooney, Teresa M.
AU - Proulx, Christine M.
AU - Snyder-Rivas, Linley A.
AU - Benson, Jacquelyn J.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Twenty-one women were interviewed regarding their caregiving experiences for ill or dying ex-husbands. Emergent in the analyses was the variety of ways in which they experienced role ambiguity as ex-wife caregivers. This article describes the role ambiguity ex-wife caregivers encountered interpersonally through interactions with network members, institutionally in dealing with professionals and the workplace, and intrapersonally in confusion over their roles and feelings. Consequences of role ambiguity are discussed, and recommendations for policy and practice are made in light of the aging population, changing family forms, and women's care roles.
AB - Twenty-one women were interviewed regarding their caregiving experiences for ill or dying ex-husbands. Emergent in the analyses was the variety of ways in which they experienced role ambiguity as ex-wife caregivers. This article describes the role ambiguity ex-wife caregivers encountered interpersonally through interactions with network members, institutionally in dealing with professionals and the workplace, and intrapersonally in confusion over their roles and feelings. Consequences of role ambiguity are discussed, and recommendations for policy and practice are made in light of the aging population, changing family forms, and women's care roles.
KW - caregiving
KW - divorce
KW - role ambiguity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893457058&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08952841.2014.859502
DO - 10.1080/08952841.2014.859502
M3 - Article
C2 - 24483284
AN - SCOPUS:84893457058
SN - 0895-2841
VL - 26
SP - 84
EP - 104
JO - Journal of Women and Aging
JF - Journal of Women and Aging
IS - 1
ER -