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Where is "place" in aging in place?
— Transnational issues for the Danish state and its retirement migrants abroad | | Author(s) | Anne Leonora Blaakilde |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 29, nos 1-2, January-June 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-June 2015 |
| Pages | pp 146-163 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Migration ; Retired persons ; Denmark ; Retirement areas ; Qualitative Studies ; International. |
| Annotation | The author aims to contribute a transnational perspective to the field of environmental gerontology and the concept of ageing in place. Older people from the northern hemisphere, among them Danish citizens, are increasingly adapting to transnational lives as they move to warmer climates. This article builds on a qualitative study among Danish retirement migrants regarding their experiences with the need for care or support while living abroad. Denmark is a welfare state with a long history of public nursing homes and in-home care for frail older people. This system of governance is influenced by universalism, aiming at equality in terms of access to health services and care. However, these welfare provisions seem to be deeply embedded in methodological nationalism, since only citizens with residence within the borders of Denmark have the right to live in public nursing homes or receive in-home help. It is argued that we should consider public solutions to the problems faced by frail Danish citizens in transnational settings, that enhance their opportunities for living abroad. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150724218 A |
| Classmark | TN: BB6: 76K: RO: 3DP: 72 |
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