The provision of care for the elderly by the elderly does not attract much attention in either Tanzania or Indonesia, as communities consider this care arrangement to be incompatible with normative values. Differences in care arrangements and practices are observable through ethnographic comparison; nevertheless, in both contexts most elderly caregivers develop considerable social agency in the context of problematic changes in health to their aged care recipients. In critical health moments, recourse to younger family and kin members as normative carers takes place, in Tanzania through pressure from kin, and in Indonesia through negotiation among kin. Non-kin care by old persons is encountered rarely or never in both study regions. However...
In contemporary Ghana, adult children are considered responsible for the care of aged parents. Withi...
Elderly care giving has always been an issue in countries that is becoming an aged society. However,...
The dominant representation of older people in LMICs is one of vulnerability and dependence. This vi...
The provision of care for the elderly by the elderly does not attract much attention in either Tanza...
The provision of care for the elderly by the elderly does not attract much attention in either Tanza...
The provision of physical care is a sensitive matter in all cultures and is circumscribed by moral i...
In Indonesia, as in most other societies, intergenerational relationships are considered most import...
The many local cultures of Indonesia are often thought of as being more family-oriented than is usua...
This article examines the problem of care provision for elderly people in Java, a contemporary devel...
Care for older people in Indonesia is overwhelmingly a family responsibility, challenged at the best...
The provision (or failure) of care reflects and produces vulnerability in old age. Reliable and appr...
The elderly in Tanzania face social insecurity that put them at risk of great horizon of abuse, soci...
Grounded in ethnographic field research in Tanzania, this chapter asks what happens when older peopl...
In developing countries, the absence of universal social safety nets frequently necessitates co-resi...
This paper examines the cultural schemas underlying older persons’ perception of intergenerational c...
In contemporary Ghana, adult children are considered responsible for the care of aged parents. Withi...
Elderly care giving has always been an issue in countries that is becoming an aged society. However,...
The dominant representation of older people in LMICs is one of vulnerability and dependence. This vi...
The provision of care for the elderly by the elderly does not attract much attention in either Tanza...
The provision of care for the elderly by the elderly does not attract much attention in either Tanza...
The provision of physical care is a sensitive matter in all cultures and is circumscribed by moral i...
In Indonesia, as in most other societies, intergenerational relationships are considered most import...
The many local cultures of Indonesia are often thought of as being more family-oriented than is usua...
This article examines the problem of care provision for elderly people in Java, a contemporary devel...
Care for older people in Indonesia is overwhelmingly a family responsibility, challenged at the best...
The provision (or failure) of care reflects and produces vulnerability in old age. Reliable and appr...
The elderly in Tanzania face social insecurity that put them at risk of great horizon of abuse, soci...
Grounded in ethnographic field research in Tanzania, this chapter asks what happens when older peopl...
In developing countries, the absence of universal social safety nets frequently necessitates co-resi...
This paper examines the cultural schemas underlying older persons’ perception of intergenerational c...
In contemporary Ghana, adult children are considered responsible for the care of aged parents. Withi...
Elderly care giving has always been an issue in countries that is becoming an aged society. However,...
The dominant representation of older people in LMICs is one of vulnerability and dependence. This vi...