Hjemmetjenester for eldre i urbane og rurale strøk

Abstract

Home care services for the elderly in urban and rural areas

The purpose of this text is to analyze and discuss whether and how local social transparent contexts and norms affect the family’s care of their elderly relatives. The empirical data is derived from the author’s PhD project. The study was conducted in the rural municipality of "Sunland", and in the urban municipality of "Briskeby". Scientifically the study is associated with and sets out from a praxeological research tradition.

Inhabitants of rural or urban areas are fundamentally similar, with comparable social mechanisms influencing their practices. Contexts, however, create different conditions that affect the interactions and practices. Analyzing empirical data against Sunland’s historical and social backdrop, it is argued that social norms regarding familial support for the elderly significantly influence care practices in transparent societies. Urban social networks are complex and scrutinized, while rural care involves more than reciprocation - it’s a strategy for the accumulation of symbolic capital within the community. These actions aren’t individual calculations but consist primarily of acquired incorporated behaviors and cognitive patterns.

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