abstract: 'This paper considers the impact of the distance between employed

  caregivers and their elderly relatives on the provision of various forms

  of family-based assistance ({''''}eldercare{''''}), and in so doing it

  contributes to two overlapping literatures, one on the geography of care

  for elderly persons and the other on eldercare as a ``work and

  family{''''} issue. The paper also seeks to interpret and understand the

  spatiality of eldercare in light of evolving public policy on the care

  of dependent populations, and does so with an eye to the highly gendered

  nature of family caregiving. The empirical portion of the paper draws on

  a national survey of work and family conducted by GARNET (The Canadian

  Aging Research Network). Analysis of data for 1149 respondents with

  eldercare responsibilities reveals significant distance-decay effects in

  the average (weekly) number of hours devoted to eldercare. However,

  disaggregation by gender reveals that only male caregivers display this

  normative behaviour. Analysis of the average time-distances at which

  particular types of assistance are provided reveals a similar ``gender

  gap{''''}-women are willing to travel farther, more often, than male

  caregivers. The results suggest that the reconceptualization of aging as

  a ``private{''''} problem, to be attended to (by women) in the family and

  community, will particularly affect the careers and family lives of

  female caregivers, for they are more likely than their male counterparts

  to take on more travel and try to squeeze more into already tight time

  budgets. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Hallman, BC (Corresponding Author), Calif State Univ Los Angeles, Dept
  Geog \& Planning, Chico, CA 95929 USA.

  Calif State Univ Los Angeles, Dept Geog \& Planning, Chico, CA 95929 USA.

  Univ Guelph, Dept Geog, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.'
author: Joseph, AE and Hallman, BC
author_list:
- family: Joseph
  given: AE
- family: Hallman
  given: BC
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00181-0
files: []
issn: 0277-9536
journal: SOCIAL SCIENCE \& MEDICINE
keywords: 'Canada; geography of the family; eldercare; time-distance; gender

  effects; public policy'
keywords-plus: 'LONG-TERM-CARE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; PARENT CARE; FAMILY; CHILDREN;

  PROXIMITY; LOCATION; LABOR; WORK'
language: English
month: MAR
note: '7th International Symposium on Medical Geography, PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND,

  JUL, 1996'
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '42'
pages: 631-639
papis_id: a784cab81a7fc73c4e47238d8d6ead12
ref: Joseph1998hillfar
times-cited: '108'
title: 'Over the hill and far away: Distance as a barrier to the provision of assistance
  to elderly relatives'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000072281300003
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '17'
volume: '46'
web-of-science-categories: 'Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Social Sciences,

  Biomedical'
year: '1998'