title: In The Best Interest Of The (Adult) Child: Ideas About Kinship Care Of Older Adults.
abstract: This article uses a qualitative, ethnographic approach to examine the experiences older adults and their kin, as the older adult engages in relocation. Studies looking at caregiving by kin for older adults highlight burdens for the adult child. This study offers a life course perspective on kinship care, analyzing older adults' decisions' to move. It was found that many older adults are strongly influenced by the desire to not be cared for by their kin as well as to select housing near their existing social network, which might exclude kin. In conclusion, policy implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Regional Manager - Child Sponsorship, NPH USA, Tezra.Jennings@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tezra
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University School of Social Work, Thompson Home, 4756 Cass Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48202, teperry@wayne.edu.
authors.forename: Tam E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University, Thompson Home, 4756 Cass Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48202, fa8429@wayne.edu.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valeriani
keywords: Relocation; family caregiving; housing transitions; kinship care; older adults