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Aging and generations in Cuba : unravelling the care crisis / Blandine Destremau-Zeitz, translated by John Angell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Destremau, Blandine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intergenerational relations--Cuba.
- Intergenerational relations.
- Older people--Care--Cuba.
- Older people.
- Older people--Cuba--Social conditions.
- Older people--Care.
- Older people--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Cuba--Social conditions--1990-.
- Cuba.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English translated from the original French.
- Summary:
- This book analyzes the evolution of the eldercare crisis in Cuba under the influence of advanced demographic aging, a prolonged economic crisis, and growing contradictions between the needs, values, and aspirations of the various generations.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Principal Characters1
- Introduction
- Living and Cohabitating
- Generations and Revolution
- Consumption and Deprivation
- The Elderly's Care Work
- Aging Well
- Aging in the Family
- Who's Going to Take Care of Me?
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-4065-4
- 1-66690-464-3
- OCLC:
- 1376934174
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