Emily Southard

ABSTRACT Purpose Caregiving is a universal human experience with a wide range of consequences on caregivers’ physical and mental health, social life, and economic well-being. Yet caregiving among the farming population has seldom been studied, even though this population might have greater needs for care due to the dangerous and physical nature of the work, aging of the population, and the role of childcare as a safety strategy.

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