Growing Old in a Transnational Setting

Investigating Perceptions of Ageing and Changing Filial Ties Among Older Indians in Saskatoon

Bibliographic Data

ID11297396
AuthorsJagriti Gangopadhyay (0000-0001-6906-0579, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume36
Issue2
Pages169-186
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0169-3816 • E-ISSN: 1573-0719
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10823-021-09428-w
PMID33909217
OpenAlexW3158765181
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited45

Numerous studies have examined the experience of growing old in a transnational context among Indians. However, in most of these studies, the older adults had immigrated as senior citizens to be with their adult children. Indians who have grown old in transnational settings have not been examined in detail in the gerontological scholarship. Adopting a cross-cultural lens, the present study focusses on perceptions of ageing among older Indians who have grown old in the city of Saskatoon. The study demonstrates how these older Indians refute the Successful Ageing model and accept their physical weaknesses in their course of ageing. Additionally, the study also examines how caregiving arrangements and intergenerational relationships are shaped among these older Indians and their adult children, in a transnational city, such as Saskatoon. Finally, the study highlights how later life gender roles are constructed in a transnational backdrop

Ageing · Developmental psychology · Geography · Life course approach · Older people · Perception · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Transnationalism · Aging and Gerontology Research · Gender Studies · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Gerontology

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