Manipal Centre for Humanities, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2021 Jun;36(2):169-186. doi: 10.1007/s10823-021-09428-w. Epub 2021 Apr 28.
Numerous studies have examined the experience of growing old in a transnational context among Indians. However, in most of these studies, the older adults had immigrated as senior citizens to be with their adult children. Indians who have grown old in transnational settings have not been examined in detail in the gerontological scholarship. Adopting a cross-cultural lens, the present study focusses on perceptions of ageing among older Indians who have grown old in the city of Saskatoon. The study demonstrates how these older Indians refute the Successful Ageing model and accept their physical weaknesses in their course of ageing. Additionally, the study also examines how caregiving arrangements and intergenerational relationships are shaped among these older Indians and their adult children, in a transnational city, such as Saskatoon. Finally, the study highlights how later life gender roles are constructed in a transnational backdrop.
许多研究都考察了在跨国背景下印度人变老的经历。然而，在这些研究中，大多数老年人都是作为老年人移民到国外与成年子女团聚。在老年学研究中，没有详细研究在跨国环境中变老的印度人。本研究采用跨文化视角，关注在萨斯卡通市变老的老年印度人对衰老的看法。研究表明，这些老年印度人如何反驳成功老龄化模式，并在衰老过程中接受自己的身体虚弱。此外，该研究还考察了在萨斯卡通这样的跨国城市中，这些老年印度人与成年子女之间的照顾安排和代际关系是如何形成的。最后，研究强调了在跨国背景下如何构建晚年的性别角色。
