This recent article in the New York Times discusses the issues men face when they are caregivers to elderly parents.
rhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/us/29sons.html?_r=1&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
For more insights into these issues:
Men doing "women's work:" elderly men caregivers and the gendered construction of care work. The Journal of Men's Studies, January, 2007. This article is available online at:
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30305143_ITM
The definitive texts on men and caregiving include:
Men as caregivers : theory, research, and service implications / Betty J. Kramer, Edward H. Thompson, editors.
Published: New York : Springer Pub., c2002.
Title: Men as caregivers to the elderly : understanding and aiding unrecognized family support / by Lenard W. Kaye and Jeffrey S. Applegate. --
Published: Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books, c1990.
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