Main description:

This ground-breaking ethnography illuminates the theory and practice of 'aging in place' by examining the relationships between migrant live-in care-workers of older people in Israel, and their local employers and family members.

Daniella Arieli begins her investigation with a discussion of her own experiences of employing a care worker from overseas for her mother and sets the book in its interdisciplinary context, while looking at how best to promote the health and wellbeing of both family members and carers. The two central sections of the book focus on interviews and discussions with care workers and family members respectively, with topics such as violence and abuse, trust and suspicion, transnational familial relationships, legal difficulties, personal transformations and cultural differences discussed.

This book is an invaluable contribution to the literature on transnational care work and the movement of healthcare practitioners around the world. It is of interest to advanced students and scholars in the fields of nursing, anthropology, sociology, social work, geography and gerontology.

Contents:

01a. Introduction

01b. The Beginning

Section 2: Care Workers. Introduction to this section

02a. Emily's Miracle: The Hope for a Better Life

02b. Narashtra's Secrets: Plans and Unexpected Changes

02c. Toma's Journey to the Holy Land: Care Migration and Pilgrimage

02d. Linda's Tears: On Humiliation and Abuse

02e. Marsha: Choices and the Lack of Choices

02f. Lucy and Lisa Between Conventions and Freedom: Sexuality, Autonomy, Morality, and Control

02g. Luna and Cindy: Escape and Fear - Living on the Edge of the Law

02h. Davis's Victory: Working Outside

Section 3: Family Members. Introduction to this section

03a. Dubi and the Fight with Bureaucracy: The Overly-Successful Arrangement

03b. Eden's Dilemmas: Morality and Dual Obligations

03c. Ella, Anna, and Ilana: Three Episodes of Expectations, Disappointments, and

Vulnerability

03d. The Dispute between Joe and Lihi: One Family, Different Voices

03e. Helena's Insomnia: Cold Interests, Guilty Feelings, and Tough Regulations

03f. Rachel Blows Up: Living on the Edge of Sanity

Section 4: Transnational Intimacies- 'Introduction to this Section'

4a. Rocky's Wedding: Co-Presence and Parallel Lives

05a. Writing Auto-Ethnography of Home Care: Anthropological Journey at Home

05b. Conclusions