In this study of older migrants living in informal settlements in Harare, we seek to understand
what care and caring means for older people ageing far from their place of origin in …

In Zambia recent socio-economic changes are placing an undue burden on the elderly. The
burden is greatly associated with the HIV and AIDS epidemic, which has led to increased …

This edited volume of eight case studies considers how care with and for older adults is
practised at a distance and shaped by migration. The editors and contributing authors are …

In contemporary Ghana, adult children are considered responsible for the care of aged
parents. Within this idealized framework, two aspects of eldercare are overlooked. Firstly …

Over the past 20 years, organizations to provide commercial nursing services, mainly to the
sick and debilitated elderly, have sprung up in Accra, Ghana. This article assesses the …

This thesis explores how Zimbabwean migrant care workers and their'left behind'family
members negotiate aged care arrangements and relationships in the context of migration. It …

The study sought to explore factors resulting in institutionalisation of elderly indigenous
Africans in Zimbabwe. Though Africans value ageing-in-place, in the comfort of familiar …

THE TOPIC OF AGING AND caring for elderly people is gaining increasing attention in
Tanzania as Tanzanians are living longer than ever before. In 2012, the Tanzanian National …

South Africa's older black population, internal migration and dispersal of families between
rural and urban areas is not a new phenomenon. Restrictive legislation constrained where …

While considerable attention has been given to the impact of migration on left-behind
families, such research focuses on the children of migrants, rather than older members of the …