Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Spaces and Practices of Care

ISBN-13: 9781447325253 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 224 str.

Jaco Hoffman;Katrien Pype

Opis

Featuring case studies from different regions of the continent (Southern, Central, East and West Africa), this book provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who and how to address the long term care needs of older people in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Spis treści

Introduction: spaces and practices of care for older persons in Sub-Saharan Africa ~ Jaco Hoffman and Katrien Pype; Will families in Ghana continue to care for older people? Logic and contradiction in policy ~ Sjaak van der Geest; Caring for people “without” value: movement, reciprocity and respect in Kinshasa’s retirement homes ~ Katrien Pype; Older persons providing care for older persons in Tanzania: Against conventions – but accepted ~ Peter van Eeuwijk; Place matters. The home as a key site of old-age care in coastal Tanzania ~ Brigit Obrist; Care and identity in rural Malawi ~ Emily Freeman; Making sense of neglect in northwest Tanzania ~ Josien de Klerk; Negotiating care for older persons in South Africa: between the ideal and the pragmatics ~ Jaco Hoffman; Afterword: Discourses of care for older persons in Sub-Saharan Africa – towards Conceptual Development ~ Andries Baart.