Ageing in Contexts of Migration

Herausgeber: Karl, Ute; Torres, Sandra

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Produktbeschreibung

The expert contributions in this volume address the array of issues associated with the study of aging, old age and elderly care in contexts of migration. The collection explores these issues in three sections: elderly care regimes and migration regimes; ageing in contexts of migration; elderly care and migration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 473g
• ISBN-13: 9780415738064
• ISBN-10: 0415738067
• Artikelnr.: 42834104

Autorenporträt

Ute Karl is Associate Professor of Social Work at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Work, Social Pedagogy, Social Welfare at the University of Luxembourg. Sandra Torres is Professor of Sociology and Chair of Social Gerontology in the Department of Sociology at Uppsala University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A migration lens on inquiries into ageing, old age, elderly
care: carving a space while assessing the state of affairs, Sandra Torres &
Ute Karl Part I: Elderly Care Regimes and Migration Regimes: National
perspectives 1. At the Intersection between an Elderly Care Regime and a
Migration Regime: The Swedish case as an example, Sandra Torres 2. The
Elderly Care Regime and Migration Regime after the EU Accession: The case
of Poland, Jolanta Perek-Biäas & Krystyna Slany 3. Elderly Migrants in
Luxembourg: Diversity and inequality, Paul Zahlen 4. UK's Elderly Care and
Migration Regimes, Anya Ahmed 5. Troublesome Movements: Migration and
ageing regimes in Germany, Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz Part II: Ageing in
the Context of Migration: A multifaceted phenomenon 6. Older Migrants'
Ageing and Dying: An intergenerational perspective, Claudine Attias-Donfut
7. Is there a way Back? A state-of-the-art review of the literature on
retirement return migration, Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu & Anne Carolina Ramos
8. Expectations of Care and Support in Old Age by Bangladeshi and Pakistani
Elders, Christina Victor & Maria Zubair 9. Migrants' Post-Retirement
Practices: A migratory life-course approach to the study of work, Ute Karl
& Anne Carolina Ramos 10. Yearning to be free: the American dreams and
ageing realities of older migrants from the USSR, Allen Glicksman Part III:
Elderly Care in the Context of Migration 11. Migrant Homecare Workers in
Elder Care: The state of the art, Esther Iecovich 12. The Employment of
Migrant Workers in Italy's Elder Care: Opportunities and challenges,
Francesco Barbabella, Mirko Di Rosa, Maria Gabriella Melchiorre & Giovanni
Lamura 13. More Diversity, Better Quality of Care: Constructions of
professional identity and work culture among migrant care workers in
Denmark, Tine Rostgaard 14. The Perceived Differences in the Recognition of
Migrant Care Workers' Credentials in Germany, Johanna Krawietz & Stefanie
Visel