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Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 6, No. 1, 90-111 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/104973239600600106
© 1996 SAGE Publications

Caregiving as Women's Work: Women's Experiences of Powerfulness and Powerlessness as Caregivers

Deborah Rutman

School of Social Work, University of Victoria

In this study, two groups of women caregivers, older family caregivers, and women who do "double duty" caregiving (paid health care professionals who simultaneously are unpaid elder caregivers in their 'off' time), participated in daylong research workshops in which they first identified dimensions of an "ideal" caregiving situation and then, using a critical incident technique, explored the meaning of "power"-feeling powerful and powerless-for them as caregivers. This article is devoted to examining the ways in which women understand the notion of "powerfulness" and "powerlessness" in their work as caregivers. Themes emerging from caregivers' critical incidents are discussed and considered in light of previous literature. The article concludes by drawing implications from the project's findings for policy, practice, advocacy, and conceptual development.


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