Care of Older People in Migration Contexts: Local and Transnational Arrangements Between Peru and Spain

Gorfinkiel, Magdalena Díaz; Escrivá, Ángeles

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“…Through their ethnographic work in nine immigrant communities in Western Australia, they demonstrate the transnational caregiving experiences and practices of Australian migrants and refugees who cared for their elderly parents in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and New Zealand. Transnational care can be realized through different forms, including migrant family members travelling back to the home country to provide care, care users travelling across borders to receive care, and care providers travelling across borders to deliver care (Baldassar et al 2007;Gorfinkiel and Escriva 2012;Yeates 2009;Zechner 2008). We have seen some growth in transnational caregiving literature in the last decade or so (e.g., Baldassar and Merla 2014; Bauer and Österle 2016; Gorfinkiel and Escriva 2012).…”

Section: Transnational Care For Elderly Parentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Title Transnationalism and Genealogy: An Introduction

Yang

2019

Genealogy

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Since the Call for Papers for the Special Issue on “Transnationalism and Genealogy” was announced last summer, all the manuscripts that were submitted, peer reviewed, and accepted have now been published. I would like to take this opportunity to offer my laconic assessment of the subfield of transnationalism and genealogy, situate the published articles of this Special Issue in the field, and point to directions for future research in this field.

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Section: Transnational Care For Elderly Parentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Title Transnationalism and Genealogy: An Introduction

Yang

2019

Genealogy

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“…On the other hand, it allows for the continuation of the gendered division of labour both in the destination countries where they are employed in the reproductive labour sector and in their own families by means of committing their sons and daughters to fulfil conventional gender roles (Fedyuk, 2011). Furthermore, when women are abroad they usually continue their roles as the person responsible for the well-being of those family members who stay behind, for the unpaid reproductive work in the family (Díaz-Gorfinkiel and Escrivá, 2012) while, at the same time, they are often employed as domestic or care workers of older people. This multiple reproductive role as paid and unpaid caregivers in a transnational care chain is exacerbated among women of an older age in that, with time, they may become in charge not only of their own children and grandchildren, but also of their ailing, elderly parents while they are still alive (Deneva, 2012;Vianello, 2015).…”

Section: Female Late-career Migration and Reproductive Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…7 Núm 1 (2016) 89-113 They will be busy working and travelling until the day their health fails, and then they themselves will need to be cared for by others (Díaz-Gorfinkiel and Escrivá, 2012).…”

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Late-career international migration and reproductive work. A comparison between Peruvian and Ukrainian women in the Southern Europe

Vianello

Escrivá

2016

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Research on the relationship between reproductive work and women´s life trajectories including the experience of labour migration has mainly focused on the case of relatively young mothers who leave behind, or later re-join, their children. While it is true that most women migrate at a younger age, there are a significant number of cases of men and women who move abroad for labour purposes at a more advanced stage, undertaking a late-career migration. This is still an under-estimated and under-researched sub-field that uncovers a varied range of issues, including the global organization of reproductive work and the employment of migrant women as domestic workers late in their lives. By pooling the findings of two qualitative studies, this article focuses on Peruvian and Ukrainian women who seek employment in Spain and Italy when they are well into their forties, or older. A commonality the two groups of women share is that, independently of their level of education and professional experience, more often than not they end up as domestic and care workers. The article initially discusses the reasons for late-career female migration, taking into consideration the structural and personal determinants that have affected Peruvian and Ukrainian women’s careers in their countries of origin and settlement. After this, the focus is set on the characteristics of domestic employment at later life, on the impact on their current lives, including the transnational family organization, and on future labour and retirement prospects. Apart from an evaluation of objective working and living conditions, we discuss women’s personal impressions of being domestic workers in the context of their occupational experiences and family commitments. In this regard, women report varying levels of personal and professional satisfaction, as well as different patterns of continuity-discontinuity in their work and family lives, and of optimism towards the future. Divergences could be, to some extent, explained by the effect of migrants´ transnational social practices and policies of states.

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“…From the countries of origin we gathered information on how factors associated with economically unprotected ageing were impelling the younger and older generations to migrate (Escrivá and Skinner 2006;Díaz-Gorfinkiel and Escrivá 2012;Escrivá 1999). During the second stage, we aimed to understand how international migration could have been contributing to the improvement of present and future living conditions for older people in different locations and life stages.…”

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“…Migrating in later life for the purpose of family reunification is often motivated by the need of older adults for their migrant children's assistance, or the need of migrant children for assistance with childcare and domestic labour (Silverstein and Attias-Donfut 2010;Díaz-Gorfinkiel and Escrivá 2012). In other words, family emerges as an insurance policy against unmet needs in the absence of public alternatives (Boccagni 2011), or of acceptable and functional services.…”

Section: Assets For Older Peruvians and Moroccans Brought About By MImentioning

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Asset accumulation and transfer for old age: a study on Peruvian and Moroccan migration to Spain

Escrivá

2013

Eur J Ageing

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Population ageing constitutes a major determinant of contemporary international migration, acting both as a push and pull factor in countries of origin and reception. From a micro-perspective, longevity, economic instability and migration are also affecting personal life as well as family organisation and solidarity. The aim of this paper is to focus on the strategies, in individual and family spheres, that migrants and their loved ones develop to accumulate and transfer assets, in order to respond to the demands of the elderly and counteract the uncertainties of advancing age. To capture this reality we conducted indepth interviews and focus groups with Peruvian and Moroccan migrants in Spain, and with returnees and relatives in the two countries of origin between 2006 and 2010. Both cases demonstrate that country contexts, together with personal experiences and family relationships, determine where to stay, and with whom or with what to support oneself as one grows older. More recently, the economic crisis in Spain that is negatively influencing social and migration policies, reducing migrants' economic gains, and placing new burdens on people's shoulders, is affecting these asset accumulation and transfer activities for old age.

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Care of Older People in Migration Contexts: Local and Transnational Arrangements Between Peru and Spain

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Cited by 23 publications

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Title Transnationalism and Genealogy: An Introduction

Title Transnationalism and Genealogy: An Introduction

Late-career international migration and reproductive work. A comparison between Peruvian and Ukrainian women in the Southern Europe

Asset accumulation and transfer for old age: a study on Peruvian and Moroccan migration to Spain

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