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Out Of The Multiple Margins: Older Canadian Women Caring For Themselves

56 This feminist phenomenological study explored the meaning of experiences of older women as they negotiate healthcare issues in their lives. Several interviews with diverse groups of older women (including immigrant women, First Nations women, first-generation Japanese-Canadians, and women involved in active community recreation and social clubs) revealed that for these women, negotiating to have their health needs met was a challenging task that drew on their capacities to support one another. Gendered concerns of access to services, power, and poverty influenced the women’s healthcare experiences. The conversational interview format used in this study provided an alternative environment and a starting place for consciousness-raising and activist activities for many of the women. The findings related to femininity; relationships and supports; health information and politics of access to healthcare; the role of faith, religion, and tradition; abuse; and power, assisted women to reflect upon their health experiences. Our findings suggest that such reflecting might lead other women to understand the “multiple margins” (i.e., being older, being women, belonging to a visible minority) that constrain and challenge their access to the healthcare they have a right to receive. Out Of The Multiple Margins: Older Canadian Women Caring For Themselves