JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cite JOURNAL ARTICLE
Style
Format
The Elderly Providing Care for the Elderly in Tanzania and Indonesia: Making ‘Elder to Elder’ Care Visible
Sociologus, Vol. 64 (2014), Iss. 1 : pp. 29–52
6 Citations (CrossRef)
Additional Information
Article Details
Pricing
Author Details
Dr. Peter van Eeuwijk, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Basel, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zurich, and Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Inst
Cited By
-
Shifting Urban Margins: Accessing Unequal Spaces of Ageing and Care in Zanzibar and Muscat
Staudacher, Sandra
Anthropological Forum, Vol. 29 (2019), Iss. 1 P.77
https://doi.org/10.1080/00664677.2019.1586644 [Citations: 1] -
Long-term trends in living alone in later life in the United States, 1850-2015
Reher, David | Requena, MiguelThe History of the Family, Vol. 25 (2020), Iss. 3 P.455
https://doi.org/10.1080/1081602X.2019.1696217 [Citations: 6] -
Unpaid productive activities and loneliness in later life: Results from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (2000–2014)
Akhter-Khan, Samia C. | Chua, Kia-Chong | Al Kindhi, Berlian | Mayston, Rosie | Prina, MatthewArchives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Vol. 105 (2023), Iss. P.104851
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2022.104851 [Citations: 3] -
Age and Gender Differences in Social Network Composition and Social Support Among Older Rural South Africans: Findings From the HAALSI Study
Harling, Guy | Morris, Katherine Ann | Manderson, Lenore | Perkins, Jessica M | Berkman, Lisa F | Carr, DeborahThe Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Vol. 75 (2020), Iss. 1 P.148
https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby013 [Citations: 44] -
Research Debate on ‘Older Carers and Work’ in Sub-Saharan Africa? Current Gaps and Future Frames
Aboderin, Isabella | Hoffman, JacoJournal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Vol. 32 (2017), Iss. 3 P.387
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-017-9331-7 [Citations: 4] -
Women living alone in later life: A multicountry comparative analysis
Requena, Miguel | Reher, David | Padyab, Mojgan | Sandström, GlennPopulation, Space and Place, Vol. 25 (2019), Iss. 7
https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2269 [Citations: 8]
Abstract
The provision of care for the elderly by the elderly does not attract much attention in either Tanzania or Indonesia, as communities consider this care arrangement to be incompatible with normative values. Differences in care arrangements and practices are observable through ethnographic comparison; nevertheless, in both contexts most elderly caregivers develop considerable social agency in the context of problematic changes in health to their aged care recipients. In critical health moments, recourse to younger family and kin members as normative carers takes place, in Tanzania through pressure from kin, and in Indonesia through negotiation among kin. Non-kin care by old persons is encountered rarely or never in both study regions. However, different forms of care institutions managed by elderly principals are becoming increasingly important, not least as gatekeepers for new concepts of care for the elderly.