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abstract: 'This paper considers the impact of the distance between employed
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caregivers and their elderly relatives on the provision of various forms
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of family-based assistance ({''''}eldercare{''''}), and in so doing it
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contributes to two overlapping literatures, one on the geography of care
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for elderly persons and the other on eldercare as a ``work and
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family{''''} issue. The paper also seeks to interpret and understand the
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spatiality of eldercare in light of evolving public policy on the care
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of dependent populations, and does so with an eye to the highly gendered
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nature of family caregiving. The empirical portion of the paper draws on
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a national survey of work and family conducted by GARNET (The Canadian
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Aging Research Network). Analysis of data for 1149 respondents with
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eldercare responsibilities reveals significant distance-decay effects in
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the average (weekly) number of hours devoted to eldercare. However,
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disaggregation by gender reveals that only male caregivers display this
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normative behaviour. Analysis of the average time-distances at which
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particular types of assistance are provided reveals a similar ``gender
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gap{''''}-women are willing to travel farther, more often, than male
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caregivers. The results suggest that the reconceptualization of aging as
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a ``private{''''} problem, to be attended to (by women) in the family and
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community, will particularly affect the careers and family lives of
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female caregivers, for they are more likely than their male counterparts
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to take on more travel and try to squeeze more into already tight time
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budgets. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Hallman, BC (Corresponding Author), Calif State Univ Los Angeles, Dept
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Geog \& Planning, Chico, CA 95929 USA.
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Calif State Univ Los Angeles, Dept Geog \& Planning, Chico, CA 95929 USA.
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Univ Guelph, Dept Geog, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.'
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author: Joseph, AE and Hallman, BC
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author_list:
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- family: Joseph
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given: AE
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- family: Hallman
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given: BC
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00181-0
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files: []
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issn: 0277-9536
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journal: SOCIAL SCIENCE \& MEDICINE
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keywords: 'Canada; geography of the family; eldercare; time-distance; gender
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effects; public policy'
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keywords-plus: 'LONG-TERM-CARE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; PARENT CARE; FAMILY; CHILDREN;
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PROXIMITY; LOCATION; LABOR; WORK'
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language: English
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month: MAR
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note: '7th International Symposium on Medical Geography, PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND,
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JUL, 1996'
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number: '6'
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number-of-cited-references: '42'
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pages: 631-639
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papis_id: a784cab81a7fc73c4e47238d8d6ead12
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ref: Joseph1998hillfar
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times-cited: '108'
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title: 'Over the hill and far away: Distance as a barrier to the provision of assistance
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to elderly relatives'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000072281300003
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '17'
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volume: '46'
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web-of-science-categories: 'Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Social Sciences,
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Biomedical'
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year: '1998'
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