Care in practice: negotiations regarding care for the elderly in multigenerational Arab Muslim families in Denmark

Abstract Recent studies conclude that ethnic minority families in Denmark tend to be dismissive of senior housing and municipal homecare services for elderly family members. A large proportion Muslim attach great importance caring the as a tradition prefer take care their own members at home. Nevertheless, fact morality, incentives, obligations relation may legitimized and/or contested with reference cultural traditions Islam has not received much attention current research. In this article, drawing on material from ongoing ethnographic fieldwork among Arab Denmark, I discuss how religious backgrounds determine influence perceptions behavior regarding elderly. By observing engaging everyday life an family, explore people health problems home raises specific questions about triggers negotiations across genders generations. argue besides kinship ethnicity, it is equally important consider religiosity attempt learn more Muslims