8. Family and Housing Conditions of the Elderly in Southeast Asia: Living Arrangement as Social Support

2008 ◽  
pp. 155-167
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Housing Conditions

scholarly journals A 20-YEAR COHORT STUDY OF LIVING ARRANGEMENTS AND COGNITIVE DECLINE IN THE MEXICAN AMERICAN POPULATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S712-S712
Author(s):  
Phillip A Cantu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Based Interventions

Abstract Backgrounds/Objectives: The prevalence of dementia in the elderly Latino population is expected to significantly increase from around 200,000 cases in 2000 to as many as 1.3 million cases in 2050. This demographic trend has important consequences for options in care and living arrangements. Very little is known about how of cognitive impairment trajectories co-vary with support available to Mexican Americans. We examine the relationship between living arrangements and the social support of individuals with dementia. Methods: Using data from nine waves from the 23 years of the Hispanic EPESE (n=3,952), we examine trajectories of cognitive functioning and family and social support. We first describe the change in Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) scores for survivors from Wave 1 (1993/1994) to Wave 9 (2015/2016), n=255. Growth Mixture Modeling (GMM) is then used to assess how changes in MMSE scores are distributed among living arrangements for individuals living independently compared to household extension (living with others) using the full sample. Results: Analyses reveal different trajectories in MMSE score. 12% (n=27) of the sample had no decrease, while the remaining (88%) were split between moderate decline (60% n=136, 1-10 point decline in MMSE) and severe decline (28% n=62 >10 point decline In MMSE). Changes in living arrangement over the same period show that 89% of individuals who move from independent living into extended household experienced cognitive decline. Conclusions: This study provides new information on how cognitive trajectories are associated with living arrangements. We discuss implications for improving community-based interventions for Latino family caregivers.

scholarly journals Does Social Support Affect the Health of the Elderly in Rural China? A Meta-Analysis Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natuya Zhuori ◽  
Yu Cai ◽  
Yan Yan ◽  
Yu Cui ◽  
Minjuan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Meta Regression ◽  
The Impact

As the trend of aging in rural China has intensified, research on the factors affecting the health of the elderly in rural areas has become a hot issue. However, the conclusions of existing studies are inconsistent and even contradictory, making it difficult to form constructive policies with practical value. To explore the reasons for the inconsistent conclusions drawn by relevant research, in this paper we constructed a meta-regression database based on 65 pieces of relevant literature published in the past 25 years. For more valid samples to reduce publication bias, we also set the statistical significance of social support to the health of the elderly in rural areas as a dependent variable. Finally, combined with multi-dimensional social support and its implications for the health of the elderly, meta-regression analysis was carried out on the results of 171 empirical studies. The results show that (1) subjective support rather than objective support can have a significant impact on the health of the elderly in rural areas, and there is no significant difference between other dimensions of social support and objective support; (2) the health status of the elderly in rural areas in samples involving western regions is more sensitive to social support than that in samples not involving the western regions; (3) among the elderly in rural areas, social support for the older male elderly is more likely to improve their health than that for the younger female elderly; and (4) besides this, both data sources and econometric models greatly affect the heterogeneity of the effect of social support on the health of the elderly in rural areas, but neither the published year nor the journal is significant. Finally, relevant policies and follow-up studies on the impact of social support on the health of the elderly in rural areas are discussed.

scholarly journals Coping with COVID-19: The Strategies Adapted by Pakistani Students to Overcome Implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1799
Author(s):  
Gul Muhammad Baloch ◽  
Kamilah Kamaludin ◽  
Karuthan Chinna ◽  
Sheela Sundarasen ◽  
Mohammad Nurunnabi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Other ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
University Policies ◽  
One Year

COVID-19 has speedily immersed the globe with 72+ million cases and 1.64 million deaths, in a span of around one year, disturbing and deteriorating almost every sphere of life. This study investigates how students in Pakistan have coped with the COVID-19. Zung’s self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) was used for measuring anxiety and the coping strategies were measured on four strategies i.e., seeking social support, humanitarian, acceptance, and mental disengagement. Among 494 respondents, 61% were females and 77.3% of the students were in the age group of 19–25 years. The study findings indicate that approximately 41 percent of students are experiencing some level of anxiety, including 16% with severe to extreme levels. Seeking social support seemed to be the least preferred coping strategy and that female students seek social support, humanitarian, and acceptance coping strategies more than males. Students used both emotion-based and problem-based coping strategies. The variables of gender, age, ethnicity, level and type of study, and living arrangement of the students were associated with usage of coping strategies. Findings showing that students do not prefer to seek social support. The study outcomes will provide basic data for university policies in Pakistan and the other countries with same cultural contexts to design and place better mental health provisions for students.

Patterns of Living Arrangement: A Structural Link to Social Support of Rural Widows

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-199
Author(s):  
C. Aruna ◽  
K.S. Malathi ◽  
T. Chandramohan Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Living Arrangement
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