Full Description
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.
Contents
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.