Distributed agency in financial tasks of older people with long-term care needs
Jutta Pulkki,
Mari Aaltonen,
Pia Teräväinen
et al.
Abstract:The ability and knowledge to manage financial tasks may be compromised in old age, especially when the need to navigate the care and social benefit systems increases. Managing financial tasks may consist of a variety of actions of both the older people themselves and their representatives, often family members. This study explored how financial tasks related to the care and everyday life of older people who need long-term care are managed by using the ideas of modalities of agency and distributed agency. We an… Show more
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