Altersbilder in der professionellen Altenpflege

Abstract

Das Werk einschlie8lich aller seiner Teile ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Jede Verwertung au8erhalb der engen Grenzen des Urheberrechtsgesetzes ist ohne Zustimmung des Verlages unzulässig und strafbar. Das gilt insbesondere für Vervielfáltigungen, Übersetzungen, Mikroverfilmungen und die Einspeicherung und Verarbeitung in elektronischen Systemen.

Transnational families and the circulation of care: a Romanian–German case study

“…Many of the survivors were then released to Eastern Germany, rather than Transylvania, thereby adding to the many Saxons who had ended up in Germany as refugees or prisoners of war and creating the first large set of TNFs separated by borders and regimes. The constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany recognises as German the estimated eight million ethnic Germans living in East and Central Europe after 1945 (Sanders 2016; Sienkiewicz, Sadovskaya and Amelina 2015; Weber et al 2003: 461: 145ff.). Thus were created not only the motivation for Saxons to emigrate to Germany on account of family reunification, but also the legal means by which they would gain citizenship upon arrival.…”

“…When in December 1989 the socialist regime was toppled and the borders opened, the majority of Romania's remaining German population bolted. Pent-up frustrations, coupled with doubt whether the borders and German citizenship would remain open to them, prompted an exodus which saw Saxon numbers plummet from 96,000 in 1989 to just 14,000 today, many of whom are elderly (Gabanyi 2000; Weber et al 2003). In recent years emigration by Saxons has ceased, while labour migration by ethnic Romanians to Western Europe has expanded dramatically (Piperno 2012).…”

“…Firstly, unlike the movement of labour from Eastern Europe since EU enlargement, the Saxon movement has not been primarily motivated by employment, although their language skills and personal networks often facilitated labour market integration (Bauer and Zimmermann 1997; Hihn and Schenk 1996). 3 Their intention was to relocate permanently to Germany, rather than make money with an eye to eventual return (Weber et al 2003); this is true for other German minorities throughout Eastern Europe who have moved to Germany since 1990 ( e.g. Sienkiewicz, Sadovskaya and Amelina 2015).…”

“…As noted above, the Saxon emigration to Germany often involved whole families, and until the mid-1990s older parents frequently accompanied their children or were fetched soon after. In those days there were few institutional barriers to such migration: ethnic Germans received German citizenship and German welfare entitlements upon arrival (Weber et al 2003). In recent years, however, emigration has all but ceased, and relocation of a frail relative with the aim of receiving care in Germany was described as extremely rare.…”

“…9During socialism, if a family successfully applied for emigration they were forced to sell their house to the state for a pittance (Weber et al 2003); in the early days of the exodus, many departing families also hastily sold their home. When it became clear that the borders would remain open, this decision was often regretted, as it meant the loss of physical roots in Transylvania.…”