Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa : : Spaces and Practices of Care / / ed. by Jaco Hoffman, Katrien Pype.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Baart, Andries,; Calasanti, Toni,; Freeman, Emily,; Hoffman, Jaco,; Obrist, Brigit,; Phillipson, Chris,; Pype, Katrien,; Scharf, Thomas,; de Klerk, Josien,; van Eeuwijk, Peter,; van der Geest, Sjaak,
• HerausgeberIn: Hoffman, Jaco,; Pype, Katrien,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Ageing in a Global Context
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 2 Black and White

This collection of in-depth ethnographic analysis examines the impact of local and global transformations on the care, or lack of care, older people receive in Sub-Saharan Africa. This volume provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about how to address the long term care needs of this vulnerable population. Case studies from different regions of the continent (southern, central, east and west Africa) examine formal and informal care, including inter- and intra-generational care, retirement homes, care in the context of poverty, HIV/AIDS and migration.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Lists of photos, figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- Series preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Spaces and practices of care for older people in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Will families in Ghana continue to care for older people? Logic and contradiction in policy -- Caring for people ‘without’ value: movement, reciprocity and respect in Kinshasa’s retirement homes -- Older people providing care for older people in Tanzania: against conventions – but accepted -- Place matters: the home as a key site of old-age care in coastal Tanzania -- Care and identity in rural Malawi -- Making sense of neglect in northwest Tanzania -- Negotiating care for older people in South Africa: between the ideal and the pragmatics -- Afterword: Discourses of care for older people in Sub-Saharan Africa: towards conceptual development -- Index