Ways of providing male caregivers with health support based on male caregivers social capital characteristics

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K12254
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Kinjo University
• Principal Investigator: Hiko Kiyomi 金城大学, 看護学部, 教授 (80531912)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 大木 秀一 石川県立看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (00303404)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 男性介護者 / 家族介護者 / ソーシャル・キャピタル / 当事者の会 / 性別特徴

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify male caregivers’ social capital characteristics and explore the ways of providing male caregivers with health support based on the characteristics.
Even the male caregivers who participate in self-help group often said that they did not have a friend asking for help. No difference in the degree of reliance on their communities was found between male caregivers and female caregivers, but male caregivers also do not socialize with their neighbors as much as female caregivers. However, there was a gender difference, with more male caregivers than female caregivers in participation in local community associations or elderly citizens associations. From the perspective of the provision of health support to male caregivers, it is important to understand male caregivers’ strengths among their characteristics in order to help them.

Free Research Field

在宅看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

性差に着目して男性介護者のソーシャル・キャピタルを把握することは、男性介護者支援の方向性を明らかにすると共に、ジェンダーの視点を含めて社会全体で介護の課題に取り組んでいくための基礎資料として有用である。
男性介護者の中でも社会とのつながりが強いと思われる男性介護者の会に参加する者のソーシャル・キャピタルの把握と、男性介護者と女性介護者の比較を試みた。その結果、男性介護者の会に参加している者でさえ、助けを求められる友人がいないと答えた者が多かった。また、男性は女性に比べて近所づきあいは少ないが、地域の自治会等には参加していた。性別特徴から強みを捉え、支援に活かすことが重要である。