Caregiving as mobility constraint and opportunity: married daughters providing end of life care in northern Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorHanrahan, Kelsey B.
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Geography & Environmental Planningen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T22:06:11Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T22:06:11Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.description.abstractIn the global south where care services are sparse and familial care remains practically and socially important, end of life care often occurs within families. Furthermore, in health care related policy development, care is often assumed to be ensured by ‘traditional’ norms of extended family relationships. In this context, the demands of providing care may require care providers to relocate, as well as reorganize their everyday responsibilities. This article contributes to geographies of care by offering an examination of the mobility constraints experienced by married and externally-resident daughters seeking to provide end of life care to a parent in northern Ghana. Drawing on ethnographic research, I examine how particular familial relationships are embedded with socially constructed labour obligations, leading to conflicting responsibilities at a parent’s end of life. I then consider how a woman as a daughter works to overcome these constraints to provide end of life care. I conclude that understanding the mobility of care providers can contribute to avoiding potentially damaging assumptions of ‘traditional’ norms of care and is an important consideration towards understanding the geographies of care in the rural global south.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWork supported by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Researchen_US
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2016.1257734en_US
dc.format.extent23 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2d2xa-pnzo
dc.identifier.citationHanrahan, K. B. (2018). Caregiving as mobility constraint and opportunity: Married daughters providing end of life care in northern Ghana. Social & Cultural Geography, 19 (1), 59-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2016.1257734en_US
dc.identifier.issn1464-9365
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2016.1257734
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/29925
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTowson University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSocial & Cultural Geography;volume 19, issue 1
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectMobilityen_US
dc.subjectCaregivingen_US
dc.subjectEnd-of-life careen_US
dc.subjectIntergenerational relationsen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleCaregiving as mobility constraint and opportunity: married daughters providing end of life care in northern Ghanaen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7229-013Xen_US

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