Societal Narratives on Caregivers in Asia

Although there has been an increase in awareness of the struggles experienced by caregivers, discourse on caregiving remains confined mostly to academia, policy circles or the family unit. There have been suggestions that public discourse on informal caregiving dwells overwhelmingly on the outsize t...

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Autores principales:	Reuben Ng, Nicole Indran
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	caregivers caregiving narratives social gerontology public policy text as data Medicine R
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/6ff3b5f5a068484b8073cc040c45f6b1
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6ff3b5f5a068484b8073cc040c45f6b12021-11-11T16:23:31ZSocietal Narratives on Caregivers in Asia10.3390/ijerph1821112411660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/6ff3b5f5a068484b8073cc040c45f6b12021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11241https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Although there has been an increase in awareness of the struggles experienced by caregivers, discourse on caregiving remains confined mostly to academia, policy circles or the family unit. There have been suggestions that public discourse on informal caregiving dwells overwhelmingly on the outsize toll it takes on the health of caregivers. However, few studies have examined societal narratives on caregivers—a gap our study aims to fill. We leveraged an online media database of 12 billion words collated from over 30 million articles to explore societal narratives on caregivers in six Asian countries. Computational linguistics and statistical analysis were applied to study the content of narratives on caregivers. The prevalence of societal narratives on caregivers was highest in Singapore—five times higher than Sri Lanka, which evidenced the lowest prevalence. Findings reveal that the inadequacies of institutional care as well as the need to train and empower caregivers are pressing issues that need to be prioritized on the policy agenda in Asia. Of broader significance, the diverse capabilities across Asia present opportunities for cross-country learning and capacity-building.Reuben NgNicole IndranMDPI AGarticlecaregiverscaregivingnarrativessocial gerontologypublic policytext as dataMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11241, p 11241 (2021)
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description	Although there has been an increase in awareness of the struggles experienced by caregivers, discourse on caregiving remains confined mostly to academia, policy circles or the family unit. There have been suggestions that public discourse on informal caregiving dwells overwhelmingly on the outsize toll it takes on the health of caregivers. However, few studies have examined societal narratives on caregivers—a gap our study aims to fill. We leveraged an online media database of 12 billion words collated from over 30 million articles to explore societal narratives on caregivers in six Asian countries. Computational linguistics and statistical analysis were applied to study the content of narratives on caregivers. The prevalence of societal narratives on caregivers was highest in Singapore—five times higher than Sri Lanka, which evidenced the lowest prevalence. Findings reveal that the inadequacies of institutional care as well as the need to train and empower caregivers are pressing issues that need to be prioritized on the policy agenda in Asia. Of broader significance, the diverse capabilities across Asia present opportunities for cross-country learning and capacity-building.
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Societal Narratives on Caregivers in Asia

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