Families caring across borders : migration, ageing, and transnational caregiving

Author(s)

• Baldassar, Loretta
• Baldock, Cora V. (Cora Vellekoop)
• Wilding, Raelene

Bibliographic Information

Families caring across borders : migration, ageing, and transnational caregiving

Loretta Baldassar, Cora Vellekoop Baldock, Raelene Wilding

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

• : cloth

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-251) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is an ethnographic account of the transnational caregiving experiences and practices of Australian migrants and refugees, caring for their elderly parents in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and New Zealand. It describes how people respond to unprecedented mobility (both voluntary and forced), globalized job markets and an ageing population.

Table of Contents

List of tables Introduction: Transnational Caregiving Researching Transnational Caregiving Contexts of Migration and Aged Care: Research Case Studies Transnational Care Giving Between the Generations Communicating Across Borders The Role of Visits Implications for Policy Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BA79763054
• ISBN:
  • 9781403947765
• LCCN: 2006047810
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 259 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1063.6
  • DC22 : 306.874084/6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aging parents -- Care -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Caregivers -- Family relationships -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Parent and adult child -- Cross-cultural studies