Author: Caldwell, Melissa L.

Source: Focaal, Volume 2007, Number 50, Winter 2007 , pp. 66-80(15)

Abstract:

Changing emigration and co-residence patterns in the post-Soviet period have left many elderly Russians living alone or without caretakers in close proximity. In addition, Russia's transition from state socialism to neoliberal capitalism has encouraged private welfare groups, often funded and staffed by foreigners, to assume increased responsibility for providing social security to elderly people. Consequently, notions of compassion are undergoing transformation in Russia, and the types of people who provide care are also changing dramatically as caregivers are more likely to be strangers, and especially foreigners, rather than family members. This article examines social security arrangements among Russia's elderly, with particular emphasis on the emergence of transnational caregiving relationships, and how these caregiving arrangements differ from global care networks reported elsewhere.

Keywords: ELDERLY; GLOBAL CARE NETWORKS; RUSSIA; SOCIAL SECURITY

DOI: 10.3167/foc.2007.500106

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