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- - The study investigates the care preferences and expectations of older Pakistani women living in Norway, highlighting their experiences through qualitative interviews with participants aged 48 to 81.
- - Five key themes emerged from the analysis, including the adjustment of informal care expectations, fear of loneliness in care homes, feelings of disloyalty when receiving outside help, perceptions of formal care quality, and concerns about cultural and gender integration.
- - The findings suggest that cultural and structural barriers significantly impact these women's access to formal care services, revealing additional challenges beyond cultural differences in a predominantly Norwegian society.
Article Abstract
This study explores older Pakistani women's preferences and expectations of formal and informal care while ageing in Norway. Our study is based on qualitative interviews with older Pakistani women living in Oslo municipality, Norway. The participants were aged between 48 and 81 years and had been living in Norway for 26 to 46 years. Our analyses resulted in five themes: 1) renegotiating the expectations of informal care in light of the 'nazaam' (or social system and practices) of Norway, 2) fear of being left behind in residential care homes, 3) disloyalty and shame of being cared for by outsiders, 4) perceptions about the quality of formal care and 5) concerns about mixing with other cultures and genders. Our findings point to potential barriers beyond culture that influence older Pakistani women's preferences for, expectations of and access to formal care services. The study further highlights the structural barriers that older Pakistani women perceive and experience in accessing formal care services in a majority society.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8352009 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2020.100002 | DOI Listing |
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