University of Groningen
Ageing and Exchange of Care in Emigrant Households
Ugargol, Allen
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10.33612/diss.127734371
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Ugargol, A. (2020). Ageing and Exchange of Care in Emigrant Households: Case Studies from Kerala and Goa, India. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.127734371
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Ageing and Exchange of Care in Emigrant Households: Case Studies from
Kerala and Goa, India
Allen P. Ugargol
Stellingen
1. Living arrangements of older adults are significantly associated with health and functional status as well as caregiving patterns (this thesis)
2. In the absence of governmental support, families continue to remain the mainstay of support and care for older adults in India, even in emigrant households (this thesis).
3. The significant contribution of relatives, friends and other non-family contacts in providing care to older adults in India is slowly being recognised (this thesis)
4. Emigration of adult children leads to rearrangement of familial caregiving roles and responsibilities (this thesis)
5. While women were expected to carry our culturally-bound caregiving obligations, male caregivers had to overcome gender stereotypes to care for their wives and parents-in-law (this thesis)
6. Daughters-in-law counted on the warmth and affection received from the older adult in estimating their motivation to care (this thesis)
7. Perceived non-reciprocity, unbalanced exchanges and unmet expectations increased perceptions of burden for women caregivers (this thesis)
8. ‘Intergenerational care arrangements’ are negotiated through co-residence, close proximity residence and forming of ‘embedded’ households (this thesis)
9. Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance (Will Durant)
