Recreating a sense of home in a foreign land among older Chinese immigrants in Australia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siyao Gao ◽  
Karine Dupre ◽  
Caryl Bosman
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Foreign Land ◽  
Older Chinese ◽  
Sense Of Home

Constructing a sense of home: Older Chinese migrants ageing in a foreign land

2020 ◽  
pp. 144078332092708
Author(s):  
Shuang Liu ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Siqin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mainland China ◽  
Cultural Objects ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
Foreign Land ◽  
Older Chinese ◽  
Meaning Of Home ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis ◽  
Sense Of Home

This article explores the meaning of home to older Chinese migrants and what they do to construct a sense of home as they live and age in Australia. We conducted in-depth interviews with 20 older Chinese migrants (80 per cent aged 60+), who were born in mainland China and Hong Kong. Unlike the traditional interview method, we asked each participant to provide two photographs, which signified the concept of home to them and used these as visual elicitations for interviews. The findings from an inductive thematic analysis of the data show that the location of their adult children, home gardens, and cultural objects play a significant role in giving the participants a feeling of home in Australia. The study highlights that ageing in a foreign land involves older migrants’ continuous (re)integration of people and places in both the old country of origin and the new country of resettlement.

scholarly journals Self-Rated Health and Subjective Economic Status in Life Satisfaction among Older Chinese Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Study

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Bum Jung Kim ◽  
Lin Chen ◽  
Ling Xu ◽  
Yura Lee
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Older Chinese

This study examines the influence of self-rated health and subjective economic status on the life satisfaction of older Chinese immigrants in the United States. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 205 older Chinese immigrants aged 66 to 90 years living in Los Angeles and Honolulu. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis was employed to explore the independent effects of self-rated health and subjective economic status. The results demonstrated that self-rated health and subjective economic status were positively associated with life satisfaction. This cross-sectional study provides empirical evidence that self-rated health and subjective economic status are directly associated with subjective life satisfaction among older Chinese immigrants.

Caregiving and Care Receiving Experiences Among Older Chinese Immigrants and Their Home Health Aide

2021 ◽  
pp. 104365962110506
Author(s):  
Kyeongra Yang ◽  
Ying-Yu Chao ◽  
Peijia Zha ◽  
Weiming Wang ◽  
Young-Shin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Home Health Aides ◽  
Older Chinese

Introduction: There is limited information about how racial and cultural similarities or differences between patient and caregiver may affect quality care. The purpose of this study was to explore caregiving and receiving experiences among older Chinese immigrants and their home health aides by using in-depth interviews in culturally concordant dyads in a community setting. Methodology: A purposive sample of 10 dyads of older Chinese immigrants and their home health aides were recruited using a snowball sampling method ( N = 20). All interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and coded for qualitative content analysis. Results: The majority of older adults were female ( n = 8) and their average age was 76.8 years. The following themes emerged: companionship and rapport, reconciling the need for care services with the expectations of family, the value of matched gender, language, and ethnic foodculture, assisting with daily routines, and experiencing caregiving burden due to a dual role. Discussion: This study elucidated the dynamics between care recipients and their caregivers with shared cultural backgrounds.

Perceptions and expectations of filial piety among older Chinese immigrants in Canada

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Weiguo Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Filial Piety ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
Older Chinese ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
Almost All

Abstract Much of the literature discusses filial piety in general and ambiguous terms. This study, in contrast, investigates specific perceptions of filial piety and parental expectations of filial duty among older Chinese immigrants in Canada. The study is based on thematic analysis of 46 Chinese immigrants in seven focus groups conducted in the Greater Toronto Area. Findings show the perceptions of filial piety varied, but almost all participants had reduced expectations of their children. Nevertheless, they still valued and expected emotional care from their children. The study argues that changes in institutional settings, social policies and welfare systems define parents’ support needs and affect their expectations in the host society, while norms and institutional settings in the place of origin influence their perceptions of filial piety.

scholarly journals An evaluation of YouTube in disseminating dementia knowledge to older Chinese in Britain

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 1575-1575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin K.P. Woo
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Health Information ◽  
General Public ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Normal Aging ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Youtube Videos ◽  
Older Chinese

Chinese immigrants may dismiss pathological decline of dementia as part of normal aging (Woo and Mehta, 2017). While the internet may be a source of health information for Chinese immigrants, the quality of online dementia information was lower in Chinese than in English (Tsiang and Woo, 2017). Recent studies have demonstrated feasibility of YouTube videos in disseminating health information to the Chinese-speaking general public (Lam et al., 2017; Zheng and Woo, 2017). Therefore, we evaluated the performance of YouTube in targeting Chinese-speaking individuals in Britain who are in the high risk age group (e.g. aged 55 years and above) of developing dementia.

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