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Submission Number: 125
Submission ID: 161
Submission UUID: 3ced2c44-dccd-48e2-9db9-b5fb1807cbe3
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Sat, 07/08/2023 - 17:01
Completed: Sat, 07/08/2023 - 17:11
Changed: Wed, 07/19/2023 - 14:35
Remote IP address: 76.66.96.203
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Ms.
Bhatta
Kusum
McMaster University
I am Kusum Bhatta (she/her), a Ph.D. student at McMaster University School of Social Work. I hold a Master's degree in Gender Studies and Feminist Research from McMaster, and I obtained my Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (BASW) from St. Xavier's College in Nepal. Currently, I proudly represent the Department of Social Sciences in the senate as a student representative. Additionally, I have the privilege of serving as the elected Vice President in the Graduate Student Association and co-chairing the Women's Committee at McMaster University. My research and advocacy efforts highlight the critical importance of recognizing the essential contributions of immigrant aging women of colour, who often provide care work that is undervalued and unrecognized. Through my work, I bring attention to the societal structures and power imbalances perpetuating the devaluation of care work. I work towards building more equitable systems that support and value the contributions of women of colour.
No
Abstract
A Dohari Narrative of Nepalese Grandmothers Providing Informal Family Support for Adult Children in Hamilton Ontario
THEME 3: Strategies toward the normative development of society
SUB 3.3 Guiding families through life stage transitions and adversity
Oral Presentation
The population of people aged 55 and older is growing significantly in Canada. The aging population of Canada is also becoming more ethnically diverse, with South Asians making up the largest visible minority group in both the 2006 and 2016 census. Also, South Asian females represent the largest visible minority and comprise 5.4% of the Canadian female population and many of them are grandmothers who provide informal support for older adult children. However, the experiences of these grandmothers are missing in extant literature. Hence this paper will be adopting an innovative arts-based method-dohari narrative to explore and present the experiences of Nepalese grandmothers providing informal family support to adult children in the City of Hamilton, Ontario. The research found that the grandmothers feel obliged to take care of the entire family because of how busy their children are, and this might be a source of stress for them. This calls for a rethink for older care providers and provision of culturally sensitive interventions by social workers.
Reviewer ONE Feedback
Dr
Corlie
Giliomee
Yes
Practice
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Dr
Carel
van Wyk
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
