Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa : spaces and practices of care /: spaces and practices of care. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jaco Hoffman and Katrien Pype.
• Editors: Hoffman, Jacobus Retief, 1962-; Pype, Katrien
• Contents: Spaces and practices of care for older people 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 people providing care for older people 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 people in South Africa : between the ideal and the pragmatics / Jaco Hoffman -- Afterword: Discourses of care for older people in Sub-Saharan Africa : towards conceptual development / Andries Baart.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 362.60967; Older people -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Older people -- Care -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies; Older people -- Family relationships -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies; Aging -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies; Old age assistance -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies; Intergenerational relations -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies; Personnes âgées -- Afrique noire -- Conditions sociales -- Études de cas; Personnes âgées -- Soins -- Afrique noire; Personnes âgées -- Soins -- Famille -- Afrique noire; Vieillissement -- Afrique noire; Relations intergénérations -- Afrique noire; Aging; Intergenerational relations; Old age assistance; Older people -- Care; Older people -- Family relationships; Older people -- Social conditions; Gerontologie; Alter; Altern; Pflege; Verwandtschaft; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781447325284; 1447325281
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.