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Old-age vulnerability, ill-health and care support in urban areas of Indonesia
- Author:
- VAN EEUWIJK Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 26(1), January 2006, pp.61-80.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper reports a study of the care and support received by chronically ill older people in urban areas of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The results found that the majority rely on close family members, most often a wife or a daughter (or both), to provide treatment, care and support. The main care activities are support with ‘activities of daily living’ and therapies for specific illnesses. Care-givers experience manifold burdens when providing care for frail older people, and tend to reduce their support as the severity and duration of their relative's illness increases. It is shown that an older person's vulnerability to inadequate care provision, or its withdrawal, is associated with marital status and gender (unmarried women and widows being most at risk), poverty, weak support networks, and having care-givers who are themselves vulnerable.