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KMID : 1003020090100010001
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Qualitative Research
2009 Volume.10 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.13
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Lived Experiences of Grandmothers Caring for Grandchild Whose Parents are Working Together
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Yee Oon-Hee
Ha Ju-Young
Lee Jeong-Ran
Whang Eun-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experience of grandmothers caring for grandchild whose parents were working together.
Methods: Three middle aged or older women who had experiences of caring for grandchild (ren) aged less than 36 months were participated in this study. Data were collected through unstructured and non-directive interviews from October to December, 2005. Data were analysed using Giorgi’s principles of phenomenological analysis.
Results: The lived experiences of grandmothers caring for grandchild whose parents were working together included four central meanings: ‘caring for grandchild as their own child’, ‘being a continuous support system for their own child’, ‘self-sacrificing’ and ‘regaining vital energy for life’.
Conclusion: Caring for grandchild whose parents were working together was understood by grandmothers as it is caring for their grandchild like their own child as well as continuous caring for their married child. While they were providing those cares for both their child and grandchild there were some self-sacrifices especially in the aspects of social life and physical health. On the other hand, they took some advantages from their experiences of caring, such as getting vital energies and pleasure of life at the same time.
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KEYWORD
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Grandmother, Lived experience, Caring, Phenomenology
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