Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
Centre for Innovation and Leadership in Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
Soc Sci Med. 2019 Jun;231:55-61. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.028. Epub 2018 Mar 17.
Recent work in geography has begun to look at the opportunities for care from siblings, friends and neighbours alongside parents and spouses. This paper examines the daily relationships that middle to older age adults with a learning disability have with remaining kin members, friends, and neighbours, within the context of declining formal day services. Adults with learning disabilities are more likely to have different life course experiences and be living on low incomes and in poor housing than the rest of the population as they have had less opportunity to work and save money through their lives. We draw on two qualitative studies with adults with learning disabilities. Findings suggest that friend and kin networks are anything but certain, as opportunities to meet and socialise shrink, and connections with siblings do not necessarily lend themselves to support. The findings raise the possibility of a space of attenuated care to convey the increasingly limited fronts from which support can be derived.
最近的地理学研究开始关注兄弟姐妹、朋友和邻居在父母和配偶之外为老年人提供护理的机会。本文研究了在正规日间服务不断减少的情况下，中老年人与剩余亲属、朋友和邻居的日常关系。与其他人相比，有学习障碍的成年人更有可能经历不同的人生历程，收入较低，住房条件较差，因为他们一生中工作和存钱的机会较少。我们借鉴了两项针对有学习障碍的成年人的定性研究。研究结果表明，朋友和亲属网络并非确定无疑，因为见面和社交的机会减少了，与兄弟姐妹的联系不一定有助于提供支持。这些发现提出了一个“弱化护理空间”的可能性，以传达支持的来源越来越有限。
