Retirement Lost”—The New Role of the Elderly as Caretakers for Orphans in Western Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11297145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erick Otieno Nyambedha (0000-0001-5750-4363, University of Nairobi), Simiyu Wandibba (University of Nairobi), Jens Aagaard-Hansen (0000-0002-5773-799X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-52 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0169-3816 • E-ISSN: 1573-0719 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1023/a:1024826528476 |
| PMID | 14617957 |
| OpenAlex | W2151008822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 54 |
| References cited | 6 |
Business · Context (archaeology) · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Population · Position (finance) · Sociology · Demography · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Gerontology
Perception of Vulnerability to Hiv Infection Among Older People in Nairobi, Kenya
Communication in the Context of Family Caregiving
Being tough, being healthy
Educational and Psychosocial Effects of Aids on Orphans from a Previously Disadvantaged South African Township
Changing patterns of orphan care due to the HIV epidemic in western Kenya
The Social Relationships Supporting the Daily Lives of the Elderly in Aari, Southwestern Ethiopia
A Comparison of the Wellbeing of Orphans and Abandoned Children Ages 6–12 in Institutional and Community-Based Care Settings in 5 Less Wealthy Nations
Gender, ageing and carework in East and Southern Africa
Youth at the crossroads
Grandparents Fostering Orphans
Perceived social support disparities among children affected by HIV/Aids in Ghana
Socio-cultural support systems for the elderly and its implications for formal social protection programmes in rural Western Kenya
Community-based capital cash transfer to support orphans in Western Kenya
Orphan competent communities
Caring and Contributing
Transitions in Caregiving and Health Dynamics of Caregivers for People With Aids
Impact of Protective Factors on Resilience of Grandparent Carers Fostering Orphans and Non-Orphans in Zimbabwe
Fostering children affected by Aids in Richards Bay, South Africa
Resilience through participation and coping-enabling social environments
Dealing with disclosure
Health-promoting practices and the factors associated with self-reported poor health in caregivers of children orphaned by Aids in southwest Uganda
I am doing okay”
Psychosocial variables of the interactive mobile interface for geriatric persons in a Kenyan setting
Older Poor Parents who Lost an Adult Child to Aids in Togo, West Africa
Caregiving, gender, and nutritional status in Nyanza Province, Kenya
Children caring for their “caregivers”
Livelihoods, care and the familial relations of orphans in eastern Africa
Reconsidering the orphan problem
Challenges faced by elderly guardians in sustaining the adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children in Zimbabwe
Explaining perceived ability among older people to provide care as a result of HIV and Aids in South Africa
Gender differentials on the health consequences of care-giving to people with Aids-related illness among older informal carers in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya
Caregiving responsibilities and burden among older people by HIV status and other determinants in Uganda
Caring for Aids-orphaned children
Playing by whose rules? Community norms and fisheries rules in selected beaches within Lake Victoria (Kenya) co-management
Aging and Social Change Among Abaluyia in Western Kenya
Grandmothers’ Productivity and the HIV/Aids Pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa
Changing Household Composition and Food Security among the Elderly Caretakers in Rural Western Kenya
Gogo Care and Protection of Vulnerable Children in Rural Malawi
The Impact of a Community-based Pilot Health Education Intervention for Older People as Caregivers of Orphaned and Sick Children as a Result of HIV and Aids in South Africa
The Plight of Older Persons as Caregivers to People Infected/Affected by HIV/Aids
Older Women’, Customary Obligations and Orphan Foster Caregiving
Health and Health Perceptions Among Kenyan Grandparents
Despondency Among HIV-Positive Older Men and Women in Uganda
Who cares? Implications of care-giving and -receiving by HIV-infected or -affected older people on functional disability and emotional wellbeing
The more the merrier? Fertility and food insecurity among older Senegalese women
Everyday mobilisations among grandmothers in South Africa
Living arrangements and health at older ages in rural Malawi
Ethical dilemmas of social science research on Aids and orphanhood in Western Kenya
Care and secrecy
Stress associated with caregiving
Still here
Measuring Stress Among Luo Elders
Flexible kinship
Hearthholds of mobile money in western Kenya
| Unique citing works | 54 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,35 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |