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In this session, Patricia Yocie Hierofani and Micheline van Riemsdijk (Uppsala University) and Rieke van Dijk (University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam) will discuss collaboration with informal carers of older migrants.
Family caregiving for older immigrants: experiences from care receivers and care providers
Patricia Yocie Hierofani and Micheline van Riemsdijk, Uppsala University
As populations are aging and the global average life expectancy is rising, the provision of care for older people is an increasingly salient issue. This presentation focuses on family-provided care for older immigrants, examining how older immigrants and care providers experience and construct family caregiving. We provide insights into the structural and personal factors that shape care-giving arrangements for older immigrants. In terms of institutional support, we have found that the Swedish state’s notion of individual needs does not match the needs of immigrant elderly and their caregivers.
Are care networks (re)producing inequalities? An intersectional exploration
Rieke van Dijk, University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam
Becoming an informal carer for someone with an acquired brain injury (ABI) causes a dramatic disruption of daily life. Our study sought to understand how carer experiences are shaped by aspects of diversity to enable an in-depth understanding of power structures and processes of social injustice in care networks. Collaboration between professionals and carers with a migration background may result in unjust and unfair situations within care networks. In this study, intersectionality was used to both generate complex in-depth insights into the different active layers of carer experiences and focus on within-group differences.
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