Introduction: Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin WorkPART ONE : The Kin-scription of Older People into Care1. Flexible Kin Work, Flexible Migration: Aging Migrants Caught between Productive and Reproductive Labor in the European Union2. The New Aging Trajectories of Chinese Grandparents in Canada3. Sacrifice or Abandonment? Nicaraguan Grandmothers’ Narratives of Migration as Kin WorkPART TWO : Reconfigurations of Kinship and Care in Migration Contexts4. Fostering Change: Elderly Foster Mothers’ Intergenerational Influence in Contemporary China5. Negotiating Sacred Values: Dharma, Karma, and Migrant Hindu Women6. Transformations in Transnational Aging: A Century of Caring among Italians in AustraliaPART THREE : Aging, Kin Work, and Migrant Trajectories7. Returning Home: The Retirement Strategies of Aging Ghanaian Care Workers8. Balancing the Weight of Nations and Families Transnationally: The Case of Older Caribbean Canadian Women9. The Recognition and Denial of Kin Work in Palliative Care: Epitomizing Narratives of Canadian Ismaili MuslimsAcknowledgementsReferencesAbout the ContributorsIndex