Fragile familiarity in transnational home care arrangements for older people
This paper examines the notion of familiarity in live-in elder care settings and how it is challenged, changed, and reestablished. Live-in care is a strategy to prevent disruptions and preserve familiarity in enabling older persons in need of extensive care to stay at home – and thus, to enable agei...
Main Authors: | Karin van Holten, Heidi Kaspar, Eva Soom-Ammann |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Linköping University Electronic Press
2019-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Ageing and Later Life |
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Online Access: | https://journal.ep.liu.se/IJAL/article/view/1461 |
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