TY - BOOK ID - 85732990 TI - Linked lives : elder care, migration, and kinship in Sri Lanka PY - 2021 SN - 197881531X 1978815344 PB - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Older people KW - Aged KW - Aging people KW - Elderly people KW - Old people KW - Older adults KW - Older persons KW - Senior citizens KW - Seniors (Older people) KW - Age groups KW - Persons KW - Gerontocracy KW - Gerontology KW - Old age KW - Care KW - Elders care, Migration, kinship, Sri Lanka, Global Perspectives, Rural, Middle-aged, Economy, Grandparents, Buddhism, Elders, Homes, Spiritual Care, Healthcare, Globalization, Youth, Experiences, Life, Ethnography. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85732990 AB - When youth shake off their rural roots and middle-aged people migrate for economic opportunities, what happens to the grandparents left at home? Linked Lives provides readers with intimate glimpses into homes in a Sri Lankan Buddhist village, where elders wisely use their moral authority and their control over valuable property to assure that they receive both physical and spiritual care when they need it. The care work that grandparents do for grandchildren allows labor migration and contributes to the overall well-being of the extended family. The book considers the efforts migrant workers make to build and buy houses and the ways those rooms and walls constrain social activities. It outlines the strategies elders employ to age in place, and the alternatives they face in local old folks’ homes. Based on ethnographic work done over a decade, Michele Gamburd shows how elders face the challenges of a rapidly globalizing world. ER -