Long-distance migrants and family support: A Dutch case study
Cora Vellekoop Baldock
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Division of Arts, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA
PP: 045 - 054
Abstract
The paper discusses what kind of mutual support and care-giving occurs between Dutch migrants residing in Australia and their parents 'back home' in the Netherlands.
Specific case study examples are used to document the effect of long-distance, as well as situationally determined factors related to joint family history and past experience on migrants' ability to participate in their family support networks.
Keywords
aged care; care-giving; family support networks; geographic proximity; immigrants; transnational families
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