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Aging in contexts of migration

Title
Aging in contexts of migration / edited by Ute Karl and Sandra Torres.
ISBN
9780415738064 (hardback)
0415738067 (hardback)
9781315817606 (ebook)
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Physical Description
xx, 203 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 09, 2015
Series
Routledge advances in sociology ; 132.
Routledge advances in sociology ; 132
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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
Elderly Care Regimes and Migration Regimes : National perspectives
At the intersection between an elderly care regime and a migration regime : the Swedish case as an example / Sandra Torres
The elderly care regime and migration regime after the EU accession : the case of Poland / Jolanta Perek-Bialas & Krystyna Slany
Elderly migrants in Luxembourg : diversity and inequality / Paul Zahlen
UK's elderly care and migration regimes / Anya Ahmed
Troublesome movements : migration and ageing regimes in Germany / Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz
Ageing in the context of migration : a multifaceted phenomenon
Older migrants' ageing and dying : an intergenerational perspective / Claudine Attias-Donfut
Is there a way back? : a state-of-the-art review of the literature on retirement return migration / Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu & Anne Carolina Ramos
Expectations of care and support in old age by Bangladeshi and Pakistani elders / Christina Victor & Maria Zubair
Migrants' post-retirement practices : a migratory life-course approach to the study of work / Ute Karl & Anne Carolina Ramos
Yearning to be free : the American dreams and ageing realities of older migrants from the USSR / Allen Glicksman
Elderly care in the context of migration
Migrant homecare workers in elder care : the state of the art / Esther Iecovich
The employment of migrant workers in Italy's elder care : Opportunities and challenges / Francesco Barbabella, Mirko Di Rosa, Maria Gabriella Melchiorre & Giovanni Lamura
More diversity, better quality of care : constructions of professional identity and work culture among migrant care workers in Denmark / Tine Rostgaard
The perceived differences in the recognition of migrant care workers' credentials in Germany / Johanna Krawietz & Stefanie Visel.
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