People who migrate in retirement often do so to join younger generations who have already migrated, and to help with grandchildren. But what about those retirees who migrate away from their families? Do they still provide grandparental support? To address this question, we examine retirement migrants who reside permanently in their new country, Spain. We find that they are aware of grandparental support expectations, and that their migration decision sometimes creates conflict with their offspring. At the same time, these retirement migrants reshape the meaning of grandparental support. Care considerations influence their destination and housing choices, and they continue to provide care. They feel that their familial relationships are now of a higher quality, despite the distance. At the same time, gender still emerges as a key dimension of grandparental support. The grandparenting of these retirement migrants challenges facile depictions of their motivations and of the equation of quantity and quality of contacts.

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退休移民和跨国祖父母支持：西班牙案例研究

退休移民的人通常会加入已经移民的年轻一代，并帮助孙辈。但是那些离家出走的退休人员呢？他们仍然提供祖父母支持吗？为了解决这个问题，我们研究了永久居住在新国家西班牙的退休移民。我们发现他们意识到祖父母的支持期望，并且他们的迁移决定有时会与其后代产生冲突。同时，这些退休移民重塑了祖父母支持的含义。护理方面的考虑会影响他们的目的地和住房选择，并且他们会继续提供护理。他们认为，尽管距离遥远，但他们的家庭关系现在质量更高。与此同时，性别仍然成为祖父母支持的重要方面。这些退休移民的祖父母对他们的动机以及联系数量和质量等式的轻描淡写提出了挑战。