Intergenerational Support In Sri Lanka: The Elderly and Their Children

1996 ◽  
pp. 462-482 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Intergenerational Support

scholarly journals Subjective Well-being and Intergenerational Support Exchange in Old Age in Rural Vietnam

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-91
Author(s):  
Nguyen Ha Dong
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Support Exchange

This paper investigates how intergeneration support influence rural elders’ subjective wellbeing in Vietnam, based on the data of the survey ‘Strengthening Social En gagement in Elderly Care in Changing Economic and Family Structure in Asia: Policy and Practical Dialogues between Local Communities in Vietnam and Japan’ conducted in 2017. The sample analysis of this paper is 307 respondents aged 60 and older in rural areas in the middle of Vietnam. Subjective wellbeing includes psychological well-being, self-rated health and life satisfaction. We find that all elders’ psychological wellbeing becomes more positive when they provide financial support for their children. Despite the economic difficulties and the prevalence of filial norm, the financial provision is not viewed as the burden to the older adults but helps them to confirm their position and power in the intergenerational relations. Nonetheless, receiving the spiritual care is more like to improve their psychological well-being and life satisfaction. The results suggest that the effect of the intergenerational support exchange should be taken into consideration when improving the quality of life for the elderly.

scholarly journals Examining the Effect of Overload on the MHealth Application Resistance Behavior of Elderly Users: An SOR Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Cao ◽  
Junjun Li ◽  
Xinghong Qin ◽  
Baoliang Hu
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Actual Usage ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Elderly Users ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
System Feature

Aging has increased the burden of social medical care. Mobile health (mHealth) services provide an effective way to alleviate this pressure. However, the actual usage of mHealth services for elderly users is still very low. The extant studies mainly focused on elderly users’ mHealth adoption behavior, but resistance behavior has not been sufficiently explored by previous research. A present study tried to remedy this research gap by examining the effect of overload factors on the mHealth application resistance behavior based on the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) framework. The results indicated that information overload and system feature overload of an mHealth application increased the fatigue and technostress of the elderly user, which further increased their resistance behavior. Meanwhile, we integrated the intergeneration support with the SOR model to identify the buffer factor of the elderly user’s resistance behavior. The results showed that intergenerational support not only directly decrease the elderly user’s mHealth application resistance behavior, but also moderates (weaken) the effects of fatigue and technostress on resistance behavior. The present study also provided several valuable theoretical and practical implications.

Regional Variation in Family Support for the Elderly in China: A Geodevelopmental Perspective

10.1068/a3523 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 1617-1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ge Lin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Support System ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
The West ◽  
Old Age Support

The author examines the impact of rapid social change and economic development on family support for older parents in contemporary urban China. Based on the 1992 Survey on China's Support Systems for the Elderly, the author uses three levels of economic development as proxies for developmental stages in a study carried out from a geodevelopmental perspective. It is found that intergenerational support in urban China is persistent as far as instrumental support is concerned, and that the level of support follows a U-shaped pattern along the axis of economic development. It is in the mid-developed urban areas that intergenerational support seems the weakest. If the pattern from the less-developed to the developed urban areas reflects a time path, then the suggested trajectory will not lead to a convergence with the old-age support system found in the West. The author concludes that, although some aspects of economic support for the elderly will likely be consistent with modernization theory, the old-age support system in China is, on the whole, likely to diverge from the path seen in the West.

scholarly journals Care-giving expectations and challenges among elders and their adult children in Southern Sri Lanka

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 838-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
MELISSA H. WATT ◽  
BILESHA PERERA ◽  
TRULS ØSTBYE ◽  
SHYAMA RANABAHU ◽  
HARSHINI RAJAPAKSE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Care Giver ◽  
Role Modelling ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Depth Interviews

ABSTRACTThe elderly population in Sri Lanka is growing rapidly. Elders are traditionally cared for in the homes of their adult children, but the shifting socio-economic environment in Sri Lanka challenges this arrangement. This paper describes the dynamics of elder–care-giver relationships in Southern Sri Lanka. Data included four focus group discussions and five in-depth interviews with elderly, and ten in-depth interviews with adult children of the elderly. Discussion guide topics included care-giving arrangements, and roles/responsibilities of elders and care-givers. Using a grounded theory approach, a comprehensive analytic memo was developed and discussed to explore emerging themes on the care-giver dynamic. Both elders and care-givers felt that elders should be taken care of in the home by their children. They pointed to a sense of duty and role modelling of parental care-giving that is passed down through generations. Even as elders desired support from their children, they feared losing their independence, and saw financial autonomy as important for maintaining relationship balance. Care-giving challenges included: households where both the adult child and his/her spouse worked outside the home; households where elders had a disproportionate amount of household work; economically stressed households; and lack of direct communication between elders and care-givers regarding conflicts. Results point to strong values around caring for elderly in the home, but identify challenges to this arrangement in the future.

scholarly journals Generative concern; a promising health promotion component for well-being of the elderly in Galle, Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
B. Perera ◽  
S. Fernando ◽  
R. Perera ◽  
B. Wickramarachchi
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly
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