How many men take care of their partner or parents compared to women?

Yes they do, with all the compassion and devotion you would expect from any couple. Many are shunned by family and the loneliness is ten times greater, the isolation is razor sharp. We consider them comrades in arms.

My brother and his friend were having a conversation at xmas in the kitchen about this and they decided that its a womans job to look after the mum??????? they said they couldnt handle the hygiene issues her dignity etc. They said they would look after a father?? My friend a male looked after his mum with cancer part-time then years later his girlfriend got cancer and he nursed her too? so i think it depends but i would say alot more women do it!

I find that hard to believe Cap? i thought youd be a mans man? maybe the men are jealous of your "charm"!!

When I think about it, my Dad [92] wouldn't make a good hands-on Caregiver because he feels that is *women's work*.... thank goodness with each new generation there is less and less of that stereotype.

I found this: "Of the 43.5 million adults who care for an older family member or friend, nearly two out of three are female, according to a report published by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC). Still, that means that one out of three caregivers — about 14.5 million — are men." http://www.aarp.org/relationships/caregiving/info-07-2010/ginzler-male-caregivers.html

ive read that its a rapidly growing number as more women are filling professional positions and men are jerking around in construction and have more flexible schedules ..
i could care for elder females but dont get along that well with men to consider intimately caregiving for them ..

kazzaa: Maybe the men just don't "share" as much as women do that's to say on-line or even to one another. I doubt my husband would do for me, what I do for him. Like said above, he's from another time and it's considered woman's work. He only does what he wants, when he feels like doing it. I probably allowed that to happen since I was home with the kids and he had a hard job (when he worked). He was in construction so it was no work if weather wasn't cooperative. He didn't want me to work outside the home as he felt people would think he couldn't support us. But he couldn't...eventually I did work outside the home and good thing I did to supplement income. If the woman doesn't work oiutside the home when she "retires"...no social security income for her.

i simply prefer the company of women , kaz . occasionally ill meet a man who knows a lot about engines and such and we find a lot to talk about but by and large , i like women . they make great trade partners . i keep their mechanical things working , they help me clean my s*ithole house occasionally .. lol
the ones who trade fairly always have firewood , the unfair ones dont last long with me ..

Fix my car for firewood?? thats not a bad deal Captain you should fix thier cars and demand a clean house all year round!! Oh and when you say you keep thier mechanical things working we are talking cars RIGHT??????? LOL sorry just sounded funny!!

Ive a good question how many people here would look after thier partner if he/she developed Alz/dementia?