Hinkson Glenda M, Huggins Camille L, Doyle Maya
University of the Southern Caribbean, St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago.
University of the West Indies/St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Omega (Westport). 2024 Nov;90(1):5-20. doi: 10.1177/00302228221095689. Epub 2022 May 4.
This article examines grief while providing transnational caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are an estimated 275 million migrants living in their destination homeland which is 3.5% of the global population. The transnational family strives to maintain solidarity, intergenerational ties, and cultural values while sustaining family structure across international borders. Transnational caregiving is the exchange of support and care across distance and international borders. The devastating assault of COVID-19 on older adults impacted caregiving significantly, especially transnational caregiving. A qualitative case study method was selected to examine a participant's understanding and experience of transnational caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the interviews and writing of the narrative summary, five themes emerged related to transnational caregiving and COVID-related losses -exposure to sudden and unexpected death, isolation, guilt, loss and change of traditions, and lack of closure.
本文探讨了在新冠疫情期间提供跨国护理时的悲痛情绪。据估计，有2.75亿移民生活在他们的目的地国，占全球人口的3.5%。跨国家庭努力在维持跨国界家庭结构的同时，保持团结、代际联系和文化价值观。跨国护理是跨越距离和国际边界的支持与照顾的交换。新冠疫情对老年人的毁灭性冲击对护理产生了重大影响，尤其是跨国护理。本研究采用质性案例研究方法，以考察一名参与者在新冠疫情期间对跨国护理的理解和经历。通过访谈和撰写叙事性总结，出现了与跨国护理和新冠相关损失有关的五个主题——接触突然和意外死亡、隔离、内疚、传统的丧失和改变，以及缺乏结束感。
