Families Caring Across Borders: Migration, Ageing and Transnational Caregiving

by Loretta Baldassar, Raelene Wilding, Cora Baldock, et al.

Book Overview

This is an ethnographic account of the transnational caregiving experiences and practices of Australian migrants and refugees, caring for their elderly parents in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and New Zealand. It describes how people respond to unprecedented mobility (both voluntary and forced), globalized job markets and an ageing population.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403947767
• ISBN13: 9781403947765
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"