Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa : spaces and practices of care /

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A collection of indepth ethnographic analysis on the impact of local and global transformations on the care, or lack of care, received by older people in SubSaharan Africa. This book provides the panAfrican evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who and how to address the long te...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hoffman, Jacobus Retief, 1962- (Editor ), Pype, Katrien (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2016.
Colección:Ageing in a global context.
Temas:
Alter, ...
Older people > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Social conditions > Case studies.
Older people > Care > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Older people > Family relationships > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Aging > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Old age assistance > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Intergenerational relations > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Health Services for the Aged
Aged > psychology
Caregivers
Socioeconomic Factors
Public Policy
Personnes âgées > Afrique subsaharienne > Conditions sociales > Études de cas.
Personnes âgées > Soins > Afrique subsaharienne.
Personnes âgées > Relations familiales > Afrique subsaharienne.
Vieillissement > Afrique subsaharienne.
Assistance-vieillesse > Afrique subsaharienne.
Relations entre générations > Afrique subsaharienne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
Older people > Social conditions.
Older people > Family relationships.
Old age assistance.
Intergenerational relations.
Aging.
Older people > Care.
Gerontologie
Altern
Pflege
Verwandtschaft
Personnes âgées > Afrique noire > Conditions sociales > Études de cas.
Personnes âgées > Soins > Afrique noire.
Personnes âgées > Soins > Famille > Afrique noire.
Vieillissement > Afrique noire.
Relations intergénérations > Afrique noire.
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa South of the Sahara
Afrique subsaharienne.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Will families in Ghana continue to care for older people? Logic and contradiction in policy / Sjaak van der Geest
  • Caring for people 'without' value: movement, reciprocity and respect in Kinshasa's retirement homes / Katrien Pype
  • Older people providing care for older people in Tanzania: against conventions-but accepted / Peter van Eeuwijk
  • Place matters: the home as a key site of old-age care in coastal Tanzania / Brigit Obrist
  • Care and identity in rural Malawi / Emily Freeman
  • Making sense of neglect in northwest Tanzania / Josien de Klerk
  • Negotiating care for older people in South Africa: between the ideal and the pragmatics / Jaco Hoffman.

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