ABSTRACT

The purpose of this chapter is to illustrate the life experiences of older Polish migrants in Sweden. To analyze such variation and complexity of life experiences, the biographical perspective was used. It helped to understand the experiences of aging as migrants, the types of difficulties migrants face while aging, how their prior life experiences correlate with experiences of being a migrant, and what older migrants learn while living between two cultures (i.e., Polish and Swedish). For the analysis of the two chosen cases (man and woman), the concept of biographical aging was employed to show the process of the struggles and challenges related to the constant negotiation between the place of living and place of belonging.