Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa : spaces and practices of care / edited by Jaco Hoffman and Katrien Pype.

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2016.

xi, 210 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

"Published in association with the British Society of Gerontology"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spaces and practices of care for older people in Sub-Saharan Africa / Jaco Hoffman and Katrien Pype -- Will families in Ghana continue to care for older people? : logic and contradiction in policy / Sjaak van der Geest -- Caring for people 'without' value : movement, reciprocity and respect in Kinshasa's retirement homes / Katrien Pype -- Older people providing care for older people in Tanzania : against conventions - but accepted / Peter van Eeuwijk -- Place matters : the home as a key site of old-age care in coastal Tanzania / Brigit Obrist -- Care and identity in rural Malawi / Emily Freeman -- Making sense of neglect in northwest Tanzania / Josien de Klerk -- Negotiating care for older people in South Africa : between the ideal and the pragmatics / Jaco Hoffman -- Afterword: Discourses of care for older people in Sub-Saharan Africa : towards conceptual development / Andries Baart.