Autor/es
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Colaborador
Faur, Eleonor
Materias
Spatial Coverage
Idioma
spa
Extent
160 p.
Derechos
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.0 Genérica (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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application/pdf
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Cobertura
7593303
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (autonomus city)
Abstract
This thesis addresses disability-related care. The objective of this research is to analyze strategies and perceptions in regards to the organization of care in families from the middle and lower classes in the city of Buenos Aires in which an adult member suffers from a disability. First, the existing welfare resources in the realms of the State, market, and civil society organizations related to the care of the population with disabilities are identified and classified. Second, the strategies developed by families for the care of their adult members with disabilities are explored. Third, the perceptions of persons with disabilities and their caretakers in regards to the invasion of the disability and the organization of care are studied.
The methodological strategy employed is the result of a triangulation of methods combining an analysis of welfare resources, through the examination of institutional documents and norms, and the exploration of strategies and perceptions related to care and disability, through the use of semi-structured interviews of persons with disabilities and their relatives.
The investigation revealed that the structure of welfare resources related to the care of persons with disabilities in the city of Buenos Aires presents an elevated fragmentation which translates into differential itineraries according to social status and does not allow for the defamiliarization of the responsibilities of care. In this context, the care of persons with disabilities is mainly assumed by families, and within them, by women, exhibiting a particular complexity while producing diverse feelings and effects among the people involved. In concordance with this form of distribution, the majority of interviewees maintain the assignment of care to the family sphere, as well as the differentiation of responsibilities and chores according to gender and degree of kinship. With respect to the presence of disability, there are consequences related to finance, identity, and, in terms of social circulation; persons with disabilities and their caretakers share the social oppression related to this condition. In summary, the articulation between welfare structure, strategies, and perceptions closes a circle that destines families, and within them, women, to assume the responsibility for the care of persons with disabilities, reproducing existing social and gender inequalities.
The methodological strategy employed is the result of a triangulation of methods combining an analysis of welfare resources, through the examination of institutional documents and norms, and the exploration of strategies and perceptions related to care and disability, through the use of semi-structured interviews of persons with disabilities and their relatives.
The investigation revealed that the structure of welfare resources related to the care of persons with disabilities in the city of Buenos Aires presents an elevated fragmentation which translates into differential itineraries according to social status and does not allow for the defamiliarization of the responsibilities of care. In this context, the care of persons with disabilities is mainly assumed by families, and within them, by women, exhibiting a particular complexity while producing diverse feelings and effects among the people involved. In concordance with this form of distribution, the majority of interviewees maintain the assignment of care to the family sphere, as well as the differentiation of responsibilities and chores according to gender and degree of kinship. With respect to the presence of disability, there are consequences related to finance, identity, and, in terms of social circulation; persons with disabilities and their caretakers share the social oppression related to this condition. In summary, the articulation between welfare structure, strategies, and perceptions closes a circle that destines families, and within them, women, to assume the responsibility for the care of persons with disabilities, reproducing existing social and gender inequalities.
Título obtenido
Magister de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en Políticas Sociales
Institución otorgante
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales