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dc.contributor.authorAure, Marit
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-24T10:03:14Z
dc.date.available2020-02-24T10:03:14Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-27
dc.description.abstractIncreased geographical mobility, improved medical treatment, and prolonged life expectancy have changed the way of life for older persons and their next of kin. This chapter discusses intergenerational care, mainly from the next of kin’s point of view, when an older family member and the next of kin live far from each other. The study is based on my—the author’s—autoethnographic account of the experience after my father suffered a stroke a few years ago. Inspired by Ellis et al. (2011, p. 392), who stated that autoethnography may ‘analyse personal experience in order to understand cultural experience’, I use my father’s and my own experiences to analyse how geographical distance and serious illness impact intergenerational care and kinship. While I argue that intergenerational care across geographical distance creates certain vulnerabilities, this specific situation also enables and enacts kinship relations. The study focused on practical support, emotional relations, and communication technologies, and their limitations when illness hits and life changes. It also adds to our understanding of aging, illness, and care across vast geographical distances. I claim that the autoethnographic approach accommodates the subjectivity, emotions and first-hand experiences between the older person and the next of kin. This geography of intergenerational care provides new knowledge about an experience, influencing the later years, for an increasing number of individuals and service-providing municipalities, especially in regions marked by outmigration and high youth mobility.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAure Ma: Hit by a Stroke: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Intergenerational Care Across Geographical Distances. In: Naskali p, Harbinson, Begum S. New Challenges to Ageing in the Rural North. A Critical Interdisciplinary Perspective, 2019. Springer Nature p. 141-157en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1742925
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-20602-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/17452
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en_US
dc.titleHit by a Stroke: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Intergenerational Care Across Geographical Distancesen_US
dc.typeChapteren_US
dc.typeBokkapittelen_US


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