Linkages between migration and the care of frail older people: Observations from Greece, Ghana and The Netherlands

Ageing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-450

  Van der Geest, Sjaak ^a   Mul, Anke ^a   Vermeulen, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care; Crete; Dependency; Ghana; Greece; Inter generational relations; Migration; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION DETERMINANT;

AFRICA; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GHANA; GREECE; NETHERLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442678805     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X04002302     Document Type: Article

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