Non-traditional forms of later-life care in India- Dr Jagriti Gangopadhyay Oct 2024 скачать в хорошем качестве

Non-traditional forms of later-life care in India- Dr Jagriti Gangopadhyay Oct 2024

We virtually welcomed Dr Jagriti Gangopadhyay from the Center for Women’s Studies, at the Manipal Centre for Humanities, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), to present Non-traditional forms of later-life care in India on on 29th October 2024. Abstract: Much of South Asia’s scholarship on older care has highlighted the role of daughters-in-law as the main caregiver of her older in-law’s. This filial expectation is largely tied to South Asia’s son-preference norm wherein the oldest daughter-in-law often is expected to shoulder the majority of the responsibility of later-life care. However, in contrast to this normative expectation, in recent times, several other forms of later-life care have emerged in urban India, which have not received much scholarly attention. Addressing this gap, this study interviewed family carers such as single sons and daughters and married daughters to understand these new caregiving arrangements for the older adults in India. Although legally, the concept of family goes beyond the idea of blood ties and includes step and adopted children as well, nonetheless, apart from the traditional model of adult son and daughter-in-law as caregivers, the other forms of family care have remained underexamined. Findings from this study show that traditional norms and values are changing, and the Indian family is gradually adapting to the new forms of family care.