Correlates of Living Alone among Single Elderly Chinese Immigrants in Canada

2007 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. L. Lai ◽  
Wendy L. Leonenko
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Hierarchical Logistic Regression ◽  
Cultural Variables ◽  
The Social ◽  
Elderly Chinese

According to traditional Chinese culture, families will care for their elderly. Therefore, it appears to be uncommon for elderly Chinese to live alone. This study examines the correlates for single elderly Chinese immigrants in Canada to live alone. Using a probability sample of single elderly Chinese immigrants ( N = 660) in seven urban centers, hierarchical logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze the effects of socio-demographic resource variables, health, and cultural variables. The findings show that 39.1% of single elderly Chinese immigrants reported to be living alone. Variables related to resources, functioning capacity, and acculturation related variables are the key correlates for the elderly Chinese immigrants to maintain independence in the community. The findings imply a need to develop culturally sensitive programs to strengthen the social support, financial stability, and functioning capacity of the elderly immigrants.

The Decline of Social Welfare: Falling State Support for the Elderly since Early Victorian Times

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Welfare Benefits ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Welfare State

ABSTRACTCurrent searchings for ways to trim a burgeoning social welfare budget come at the end of a long period of decline in the value of pensions. The social welfare benefits paid in Britain today are not as valuable, relative to the incomes of non-beneficiaries, as were the pensions paid during the first half of the twentieth century, and they are worth very much less than the allowances distributed by the nineteenth century Poor Law. Demographic changes, including the growing numbers of elderly persons, the movement of elderly persons towards living alone, the decline in household size, and the return of large numbers of women to the paid workforce, have overtaken the Welfare State, which has failed to develop a programme for redistributing resources between the generations.

Geriatric Depression Scale as a Community Screening Instrument for Elderly Chinese Immigrants

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada C. Mui
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Geriatric Depression ◽  
Community Screening ◽  
Language Version ◽  
Elderly Chinese ◽  
High Internal Consistency

Depression is the most prevalent mental health problem among the elderly, including Chinese-American elderly. A Chinese-language version of the popular Geriatric Depression Scale Long Form (GDS-LF) and Short Form (GDS-SF) was developed. Based on the responses of 50 elderly Chinese immigrants to the U.S. (25 women and 25 men), the GDS-LF evidenced high internal consistency but the GDS-SF did not. Factor analysis was then used to develop a new version of the GDS-SF, which was internally consistent. The revised GDS-SF is an important and easy-to-administer tool for community screening of depression among elderly Chinese immigrants.

scholarly journals At the Crossroads of Life: Belgraders’ Perceptions of Their Old Age

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-74
Author(s):  
Senka Kovač
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
The Social ◽  
Aging Well

The paper presents the results of several years’ fieldwork among the elderly population in Belgrade. The study examines the attitudes towards old age of elderly Belgraders living alone, those living with their families, and also those living in the Gerontology Center nursing home. The position of elderly people in the social network in the Belgrade municipality of Vračar is also explored. In this era of longevity and at a time of global economic crisis which is also affecting Serbia, it would be useful to reconsider the concepts of successful aging, well-aging and healthy aging.

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