Changes in Care

Introduction
1 The Orthodoxy of Family Care
Part I Changes in Aging in the Rural Towns of the Eastern Region
2 Heterodox Ideas of Elder Care: From Nursing Homes to Savings
3 Alterodox Practices of Elder Care: Domestic Service and Neighborliness
4 "Loneliness Kills": Stimulating Sociality among Older Churchgoers
Part II Changes in Aging in Urban Ghana
5 Market-Based Solutions for the Globally Connected Middle Class
6 Going to School to Be a Carer: A New Occupation and the Enchantment of Nursing Education
7 Carers as Househelp: Aging and Social Inequalities in Urban Households
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index

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• Confrontando a idade avançada
• Sociedade e cultura: geral
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Aging; Migration; Social Class; West Africa; Age Studies; Sociology; Africa; Ghana; social change; youth; population; caregiver; family care; middle class; elder care; domestic service; urban Ghana; nursing; caretakers; social inequality; urban households; home care workers; grand-parents; institutional care; changing population; kin; illness; disability; senior centers