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Men and elder care in Japan: A ripple of change?
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 13 Số 2 - Trang 177-198 - 1998
An area that has been ignored in the discussions of elder care in Japan is the role of men. This exploratory study is one of the first to examine the role of men in the day-to-day care of an older family member. For this qualitative study, 16 husbands and sons were interviewed to examine the extent of their involvement in caregiving. The research examined five areas: motivation, tasks, impact on w......
Marguerite M. Coke and James A. Twaite (eds.), The Black Elderly: Satisfaction and Quality of Latter Life
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 14 - Trang 289-290 - 1999
Quality of Life as Perceived by Older Persons with Chronic Illness in Rural and Urban Shandong, China
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 29 - Trang 417-428 - 2014
This qualitative study aimed to understand the meaning of quality of life to older persons with chronic illness in China, and to compare the perceptions of those living in rural and urban areas. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 older Chinese, half residing in urban and half in rural areas in Shandong province. Through an inductive coding and categorization process, the study ident......
Cardiovascular disease risk factors and attitudes towards prevention among Korean-American elders
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 17-33 - 1993
The leading cause of death among the aging population is cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease prevention and modification of disease risk factors are important and worthwhile directions for study because this population is rapidly increasing. Past studies have shown the significance of modifying cardiovascular disease risk factors in Anglo populations where major risk factors of hyperten......
New experiments with elderly care in rural China
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 3 - Trang 139-148 - 1988
This article tells how the recent changes in rural China in terms of population aging, family structure, and economic developments affect elderly care, and describes the innovations being developed to meet the challenge of a huge elderly population in the second or third decade of the next century. The data are drawn from a case-study of a village in Hunan Province.
Older Adults in Prime-Time Television Dramas in Taiwan: Prevalence, Portrayal, and Communication Interaction
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 24 - Trang 355-372 - 2009
A content and thematic analysis of 109 episodes (94.9 h) of prime-time dramas examined the portrayals of aging and the nature of intergenerational interaction involving older adults on Taiwanese television. The content analysis revealed that older characters, regardless of sex, appeared less frequently and in less prominent roles than other adult characters, but not in comparison to adolescents an......
Listening to the Voices of Native Hawaiian Elders and ‘Ohana Caregivers: Discussions on Aging, Health, and Care Preferences
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 29 - Trang 131-151 - 2014
Native Hawaiians, the indigenous people of Hawai’i, are affected by varying social and health disparities that result in high prevalence of chronic disease, early onset of disability, and shorter life expectancy compared to other ethnic groups in Hawai’i. Six listening meetings were conducted, involving 41 community-dwelling kūpuna (Native Hawaiian elders) and ‘ohana (family) caregivers to investi......
Gender and Disability Among Older Adults in North and South India: Differences Associated with Coresidence and Marriage
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 17 - Trang 313-336 - 2002
Women in most settings are morelikely than men to experience as well as reportpoor health and functional disabilities. Studies in the economically advanced countries(as in the US) have also shown an associationbetween gender, marital status and health anddisability. However, there is very littleinformation about gender differentials indisability among the elderly in developingcountries, especially......
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