Perspectives of Rural Older Women on the Determinants of Successful Ageing in Southeast Nigeria

Okolie, Tochukwu J.; Ekoh, Prince C.; Onuh, Samuel C.; Ugwu, Emmanuel O.

doi:10.1007/s10823-023-09480-8

J Cross Cult Gerontol

2023

DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09480-8

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Perspectives of Rural Older Women on the Determinants of Successful Ageing in Southeast Nigeria

Tochukwu J. Okolie,

Prince C. Ekoh,

Samuel C. Onuh

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Globally older people are increasingly providing care for their grandchildren. A pertinent question across world regions is the extent to which providing care for grandchildren intersects with the ageing process and the implications for grandparents’ wellbeing. This paper examines the relationship between caring for grandchildren and the self-rated health of older African women (n = 1,397) in South Africa, drawing on data from the National Income Dynamics Study. This is a population which faces significant socio-economic challenges and stresses from the legacy of the HIV epidemic but benefit from a supportive social protection system and strong norms of extended family care. The findings show that prior self-rated health is not associated with assuming primary caregiving responsibilities for grandchildren, suggesting there is no selection effect into caring responsibilities. However, after controlling for prior characteristics, older women who take on primary caring responsibilities for grandchildren have significantly lower odds of reporting poorer self-rated health. Thus, in contrast to the frequent conclusions of negative impacts of custodial grandparenting on grandparent health in the US, this paper indicates that in some cultural contexts grandparents taking on the primary responsibility for grandchildren can be protective for health. Policymakers need to recognise the important caregiving role of grandparents and support them to flourish.

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The Self-Rated Health of Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren: Evidence from South Africa

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2024

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During times of crisis, including pandemics, climate change, and forced migration, much of the discourse in ageing research and intervention centers on the vulnerabilities of older adults. Unfortunately, the valuable contributions of older adults to post-disaster recovery and healing are often overlooked and undervalued. Our aim in this scoping review is to shed light on the critical contributions of older forced migrants to post-migration recovery. We set the scene by introducing the two significant global demographic changes of the twenty-first century: forced migration and ageing. We provide a discourse on older forced migrants, ageing in situations of forced migration, and some of the challenges faced by older forced migrants. We then present some of the substantial roles of older forced migrants in post-migration recovery, including building resilience, contributing to culture and language transfer, providing emotional support, offering mentorship and leadership, participating in community building, and fostering social integration. We close by highlighting some of the lessons that can be drawn from understanding the unique roles played by older adults in post-forced migration recovery and the key actions necessary to promote these roles.

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Perspectives of Rural Older Women on the Determinants of Successful Ageing in Southeast Nigeria

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References 40 publications

The Self-Rated Health of Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren: Evidence from South Africa

The Self-Rated Health of Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren: Evidence from South Africa

Valuable Beyond Vulnerable: A Scoping Review on the Contributions of Older Forced Migrants in Post-migration Recovery

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