Retirement, Home Care and the Importance of Gender

In recent decades elderly care policies in Sweden have been characterized by a marked shift from institutional care to home care. Previous research has highlighted how this has resulted in the elderly receiving care at a higher age and increased reliance on family and kin for providing care. Using...

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Main Authors: Anders Brändström, Glenn Sandström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Instititute of Social History 2021-03-01
Series:Historical Life Course Studies
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Online Access:https://openjournals.nl/index.php/hlcs/article/view/9589