Coping with old age in a changing Africa : social change and the elderly Ghanaian
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Coping with old age in a changing Africa : social change and the elderly Ghanaian
Avebury, c1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-157) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This work highlights the issues of caring for those in old age as traditional caring systems break down in Africa. At the same time, it emphasizes that there is an absence of substantial policy thinking on the development of alternative or new caring systems on the social agenda.
目次
- Ageing in Africa - "caring" in crisis
- the Ghanaian tradition - kin, clan and informal caring systems
- social change - an increased burden on the elderly?
- at home with their age?
- an African context of town and village
- coping with old age - the new Ghanaian cultural context
- portraits of ageing - dialogues on demise
- conclusion - an appropriate age care systenm for Africa.
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