Perspectives on vulnerability from the narratives of older migrants

IntroductionIn many respects, older people who migrated to another country are considered a vulnerable population group [7]. In contrast to the prevalent expert perspectives [25], this article draws attention to how older migrants themselves deal with topics related to vulnerability. In dealing with autonomy and dependency as well as in their narratives of intergenerational relations the interviewed older migrants show multiple and ambivalent understandings of vulnerability. This article therefore discusses these understandings as well as the potential that an intersectional ethics analysis has for care narrativ…