Moore Elena, Kelly Gabrielle
Department of Sociology, Leslie Social Science Building, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa.
Dev South Afr. 2024 Aug 9;41(6):1062-1077. doi: 10.1080/0376835X.2024.2374823. eCollection 2024.
This paper examines the tensions and struggles over elder care that are happening in South Africa between family caregivers, care workers and the state. These struggles are experienced and expressed at the familial and community level but are best understood by examining how the state has de-funded facilities in favour of 'ageing in place' without any additional investment in community and home-based care support. The findings reveal that stresses on unpaid and paid carers are expressed in terms of individual failings and interpersonal conflict rather than through a socio-political contextual lens. These findings contribute to how a familialist care regime impacts the everyday personal relationships between paid and unpaid carers of older persons.
本文探讨了在南非，家庭照顾者、护理人员和国家之间围绕老年人护理所产生的紧张关系和斗争。这些斗争在家庭和社区层面有所体现和表达，但通过审视国家如何削减对机构设施的资金投入，转而支持“就地养老”，却未对社区和居家护理支持进行任何额外投资，能得到对这些斗争的最佳理解。研究结果表明，无偿和有偿护理人员所承受的压力，是以个人失误和人际冲突的形式表现出来的，而非通过社会政治背景的视角。这些研究结果有助于理解家庭主义护理制度如何影响老年人有偿和无偿护理人员之间日常的个人关系。
