scholarly journals Declining Family Support, Changing Income Sources, and Older People Poverty: Lessons from South Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inhoe Ku ◽  
Wonjin Lee ◽  
Seoyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Older People ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Income Sources

Modernisation and ageing theory revisited: current explanations of recent developing world and historical Western shifts in material family support for older people

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
ISABELLA ABODERIN
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Older People ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
The West ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Material Support ◽  
Policy Relevance ◽  
Common Framework

Modernisation and ageing theory has provided the main platform for the debate on changes in family support for older people in both the industrialised and the developing worlds. Although its well-known proposition of an ‘abandonment’ of older people in individualistic society has received much attention and been solidly refuted, the modernisation model continues to be the principal and most common framework for explaining the decline in familial material support for older people – both historically in the West, or at present in developing countries. The main rival explanation is provided by materialist accounts. The ability of these explanations to provide a meaningful understanding of why material family support may diminish has however received little if any analytical attention, despite its vital policy relevance, especially for the developing world. This paper critically examines the content and basis of both explanatory models. For each it exposes fundamental conceptual and epistemological limitations that render neither able to provide a solid understanding of the nature and causes of decline in support. Building on this analysis, the paper proposes a new approach in order to develop a fuller conceptual and empirical understanding.

scholarly journals The stability of care preferences following acute illness: a mixed methods prospective cohort study of frail older people

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Etkind ◽  
N. Lovell ◽  
A. E. Bone ◽  
P. Guo ◽  
C. Nicholson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Older People ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Acute Illness ◽  
Frail Older People ◽  
Preference Stability ◽  
The Stability

Abstract Background Patient preferences are integral to person-centred care, but preference stability is poorly understood in older people, who may experience fluctuant illness trajectories with episodes of acute illness. We aimed to describe, and explore influences on the stability of care preferences in frail older people following recent acute illness. Methods Mixed-methods prospective cohort study with dominant qualitative component, parallel data collection and six-month follow up. Study population: age ≥ 65, Rockwood Clinical Frailty score ≥ 5, recent acute illness requiring acute assessment/hospitalisation. Participants rated the importance of six preferences (to extend life, improve quality of life, remain independent, be comfortable, support ‘those close to me’, and stay out of hospital) at baseline, 12 and 24 weeks using a 0–4 scale, and ranked the most important. A maximum-variation sub-sample additionally contributed serial in-depth qualitative interviews. We described preference stability using frequencies and proportions, and undertook thematic analysis to explore influences on preference stability. Results 90/192 (45%) of potential participants consented. 82/90 (91%) answered the baseline questionnaire; median age 84, 63% female. Seventeen undertook qualitative interviews. Most participants consistently rated five of the six preferences as important (range 68–89%). ‘Extend life’ was rated important by fewer participants (32–43%). Importance ratings were stable in 61–86% of cases. The preference ranked most important was unstable in 82% of participants. Preference stability was supported by five influences: the presence of family support; both positive or negative care experiences; preferences being concordant with underlying values; where there was slowness of recovery from illness; and when preferences linked to long term goals. Preference change was related to changes in health awareness, or life events; if preferences were specific to a particular context, or multiple concurrent preferences existed, these were also more liable to change. Conclusions Preferences were largely stable following acute illness. Stability was reinforced by care experiences and the presence of family support. Where preferences were unstable, this usually related to changing health awareness. Consideration of these influences during preference elicitation or advance care planning will support delivery of responsive care to meet preferences. Obtaining longer-term data across diverse ethnic groups is needed in future research.

Social Support, Work-Family Conflict, and Emotional Exhaustion in South Korea

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 619-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soojin Lee ◽  
Seckyoung Loretta Kim ◽  
Eun Kyung Park ◽  
Seokhwa Yun
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Work Interference With Family ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work Interference

With an increase of female workforce and dual-earner families, work-family conflict has received particular attention. Using a sample of 159 employees in South Korea, this study examined whether work-family conflict mediated the relationship between social support and emotional exhaustion. Supervisor and family support were found to be related negatively to two different aspects of work-family conflict, i.e., work interference with family and family interference with work, respectively. Also, each dimension of work-family conflict was associated with employees' emotional exhaustion. The relationship between supervisor support and emotional exhaustion was mediated by work interference with family; whereas, the relationship between family support and emotional exhaustion was mediated by family interference with work. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

scholarly journals Twitter and Encountering Diversity: The Moderating Role of Network Diversity and Age in the Relationship Between Twitter Use and Crosscutting Exposure

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630511771724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Sup Park ◽  
Barbara K. Kaye
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Older People ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Public Expression ◽  
Network Diversity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This article investigates whether Twitter use motivations relate to exposure to discordant information. To this end, this research conducted an online survey of 1,350 adults of South Korea. The results reveal that using Twitter for information-seeking, public-expression, and leisure-seeking purposes helps users to encounter crosscutting exposure, while the use of Twitter for private expression does not. Offline network diversity has a significant association with crosscutting exposure, and it moderates the relationship between Twitter use for public expression or leisure seeking and crosscutting exposure. The positive association between Twitter use for leisure seeking and crosscutting exposure is stronger among younger people than among older people.

scholarly journals Transnational families and the circulation of care: a Romanian–German case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELISABETH SCHRÖDER-BUTTERFILL ◽  
JULIA SCHONHEINZ
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
Transnational Family

ABSTRACTThis article contributes to our understanding of transnational family relationships and the circulation of care. We are interested in understanding how large-scale emigration affects the support and care of older people in the origin country. Using in-depth interviews and participant observation, we examine the significance of transnational family support for older people, and the ways in which migrant children and other kin care for elderly relatives from afar. Our case study is of the Transylvanian Saxons, a German-speaking minority in Romania, who experienced mass-exodus to Germany following the end of socialism in 1990. The lapse of time since the exodus allows us to examine how transnational family practices evolve, and what the challenges are to maintaining family-hood over time and distance. Contrary to expectations, we find that material family support from Germany to Romania is not significant and has declined. Care, by contrast, remains an important part of what most transnational families provide, although practices of ‘caring about’ are more prevalent than hands-on ‘caring for’. Counter to optimistic accounts of transnational family care in the literature, we argue that the difficulties and challenges for older people of being cared for by distant family members are fundamental, and strong transnational family ties are not an inevitable outcome of migration.

scholarly journals Family Support and Loneliness among Older Persons in Multiethnic Malaysia

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Kimm Lii Teh ◽  
Nai Peng Tey ◽  
Sor Tho Ng
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
National Policy ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Using Data

This study investigates factors affecting older persons’ state of loneliness in multiethnic Malaysia using data from the 2004 Malaysian Population and Family Survey, the first nationally representative sample in Malaysia. The study sample was extracted to include Malays, Chinese, Indians and other Indigenous groups aged 60 and above, and who had children (n= 1791). Cross tabulations and ordinal logistic regression methods were used in the analysis. Among the ethnic groups, older Malays were more likely than their Chinese and Indian counterparts to experience loneliness. Loneliness was found to be associated with age, marital status, education level, sources of income, health status, and physical limitations. Among older people, feelings of loneliness were inversely related with coresidence with adult children and participation in religious activities. Sociodemographic changes have eroded the traditional family support system for the elderly, while social security remains inadequate. This study shows the important role of family in alleviating loneliness among older people. Hence the need to promote and facilitate coresidence, as well as participation in religious activities, and a healthy lifestyle as a priority strategy is in line with the objectives of the National Policy for the Older People.

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