“This place is (now) my own home. It is my home till my death”: Older adults (re)creating home through daily rhythms and kinning in formal care settings

Nikhil Pazhoothundathil; Ajay Bailey

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.04.011

“This place is (now) my own home. It is my home till my death”: Older adults (re)creating home through daily rhythms and kinning in formal care settings

Nikhil Pazhoothundathil
, Ajay Bailey

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Abstract

This paper, based on a qualitative study, explores the home-making activities of older adults living in a non-profit, welfare-based institutional care home in Kerala, India. We employed in-depth interviews and observation to obtain rich data on various home-making practices of older adults. Contrary to the stigmatization in India of care homes as places of abandonment and desertion, this study illustrates: (1) the important role of non-profit care homes in protecting neglected older adults especially in non-western contexts; and (2) the performative roles of older adults who utilize, modify, and recreate home in formal care spaces. Our empirical results show that daily rhythmic activities, gender roles, kinning, and cultural practices in a formal care setting contribute to establishing new familial ties and continuity in life as well as a sense of insideness in a formal care home. This paper contributes to the emerging dialogue on the role of rhythm, kinning, and culture in home-making practices in formal care spaces in a non-western context.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207-216
Number of pages	10
Journal	Geoforum
Volume	124
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.04.011
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We wish to thank the study participants for sharing their experiences of home making process in care homes and to the managing staffs and care takers of the three care homes for their fruitful cooperation and assistance in making this study possible. We are also grateful to the stakeholders of the study, NWO,ESRC,ICSSR, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore for funding grants to carry out the study. This study was supported by the Indian-European Research Networking Grant: Ageing and Well-Being in a Globalising World, funded by NWO-ESRC-ICSSR (Project Number: 465-11-009). The participating institutions include the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India; Center for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India; Population Research Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. For more information visit https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoek-en-resultaten/onderzoeksprojecten/i/81/8681.html.

Funding Information:
We wish to thank the study participants for sharing their experiences of home making process in care homes and to the managing staffs and care takers of the three care homes for their fruitful cooperation and assistance in making this study possible. We are also grateful to the stakeholders of the study, NWO,ESRC,ICSSR, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore for funding grants to carry out the study.

Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Indian-European Research Networking Grant: Ageing and Well-Being in a Globalising World, funded by NWO-ESRC-ICSSR (Project Number: 465-11-009). The participating institutions include the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India; Center for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India; Population Research Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. For more information visit https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoek-en-resultaten/onderzoeksprojecten/i/81/8681.html .

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Keywords

Aging
Care home
Daily-rhythm
Home-making
Kinning
Older adult

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“This place is (now) my own home. It is my home till my death”: Older adults (re)creating home through daily rhythms and kinning in formal care settings

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