Author: negeeny

For many diasporic transnational families from so-called Eastern countries, older adults are ageing in between countries of origin and new places in the ‘West’ that differ markedly in ways that directly impact their experiences of aging. Drawing on the example of those families living between Lebanon and Canada, this chapter examines the research literature to develop a…

This chapter takes up the paid care work conditions in three countries, Australia, Canada and Norway, to focus on age-equity considerations for the many older workers who do it. Long-term care and home care are included in one of the eight age-friendly domains, ‘community supports and health services’. This analysis shows that poor conditions within long-term…

This chapter argues that age equity and decent care work must be key considerations in imagining a truly age-friendly world. First, it outlines the assumptions underlying the book’s concept of ‘age equity with care’. Second, it describes the collaborative research project to identify age-equitable policies and practices that has stimulated the development of this concept,…

What are the consequences of growing old and needing care in a world shaped by inequality? Who provides the care? What are the challenges? This groundbreaking book delves into conditions for ageing and caring, asking how they could be improved for different communities living in high-income welfare states. Emphasizing that equitable ageing depends on equitable…