The elderly care regime and migration regime after the EU accession

Perek‐Białas, Jolanta; Slany, Krystyna

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“…It is thus unsurprising that migrants have little faith in the state, even if they have observed other welfare models in their destination states. While caring continues to be a "family matter" in Poland, the care and cultural transmission dilemmas encountered during migrant returns are further strongly gendered (Krzyżowski & Mucha, 2014;Perek-Białas & Slany, 2016). While women often described family duties with the "we" pronoun, the men -as left-behind kin's sons and women's partners in child raising -were profoundly missing from the descriptions of actual cultivation and compensatory practices, which women seem to have performed on their own.…”

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“…81-98), complying with the sociocultural norm of the Central and Eastern European region (Fedyuk, 2011). The ambivalence and impossibility of return is inherently tied with a complete lack of coherent welfare Downloaded by [University of Cambridge] at 01:35 11 June 2016 support strategies aimed at the elderly, as the Polish state continues to "roll-back" and withhold social assistance (Perek-Białas & Slany, 2016). It is thus unsurprising that migrants have little faith in the state, even if they have observed other welfare models in their destination states.…”

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Cultivation, compensation and indulgence: Transnational short-term returns to Poland across three family generations

Pustułka

Ślusarczyk

2016

Transnational Social Review

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The paper discusses the short-term visits to the home country among Polish female migrants residing in the United Kingdom and Norway. Grounded in the theoretical approaches of transnationalism, as well as return and visiting friends and relatives (VFR) mobility, it analyzes empirical material from in-depth interviews. The main argument points to the feelings of ambivalence that accompany the maintenance of family ties during stays in Poland. In addition, it categorizes examples of intergenerational compensatory, cultivation, and indulgent family practices. In reviewing the intra-European setting of transnational familyhood, the paper addresses the significance of the particular Central and Eastern European context.

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Cultivation, compensation and indulgence: Transnational short-term returns to Poland across three family generations

Pustułka

Ślusarczyk

2016

Transnational Social Review

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Ageing and Caring in Rural Environments: Cross-National Insights from Central Europe

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Kümpers

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International Perspectives on Aging

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This chapter explores how exclusion from care provision in rural areas can be understood as place-based social exclusion. The analysis focuses on case studies of Czechia, Poland and Germany and compares their approaches to providing care to older rural dwellers. While recognising the heterogeneity of these nations and their rural areas, a spatial framework is used to illustrate how some specific features of rural areas may influence the provision and availability of care. Two examples are explored: the use of professional homecare services by older people; and informal care and assistance provided by older people in the community. Our research shows that, regardless of the size of the country or its proportion of remote or depopulating areas, discourses on care in rural areas share various common features. A large amount of informal care is provided in both the family-oriented Polish countryside and in Czechia, a country with a midsize rural population and comparatively common use of professional homecare services. In Germany, a growing number of rural communities were found to have established local aid associations to support disadvantaged older people in the past decade; however, this approach is viewed as unsustainable given the specificities of the rural contexts.

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From lack of awareness to meticulous action. Strategies toward old-age pension insurance among Polish migrant domestic workers in Germany

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2021

Ubezpieczenia Społeczne. Teoria I Praktyka

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A significant proportion of migrant workers around the world have difficult access to social protection, especially long-term benefits such as pensions. Domestic care workers are a particularly vulnerable group in this regard. Analysing the example of Polish migration to Germany, the aim of this paper is to present the strategies that migrants aged 45 and over undertake in the context of pension plans and ensuring an adequate level of social protection while working abroad. Using empirical material collected during semi-structured interviews with migrant care workers, representatives of employment agencies and experts, the article sheds light on the diverse conditions that influence the strategies of individual workers. Depending on the general knowledge of their social rights, their migration strategy or their personal situation, migrants adopt three main strategies called (1) escape from problems instead of social security, (2) secure and legal work above all and (3) an informed and inquisitive insured worker.

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The elderly care regime and migration regime after the EU accession

Cited by 3 publications

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Cultivation, compensation and indulgence: Transnational short-term returns to Poland across three family generations

Cultivation, compensation and indulgence: Transnational short-term returns to Poland across three family generations

Ageing and Caring in Rural Environments: Cross-National Insights from Central Europe

From lack of awareness to meticulous action. Strategies toward old-age pension insurance among Polish migrant domestic workers in Germany

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