scholarly journals Individual Experiences and Life Satisfaction of Informal Elderly Caregivers in Poland: A Study Based on In-depth Interviews

2022 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Klaudyna Szczupak
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Elderly Caregivers ◽  
Depth Interviews

scholarly journals Repercussions of hospitalization due to fall of the elderly: health care and prevention

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 763-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Remião Luzardo ◽  
Newton Ferreira de Paula Júnior ◽  
Marcelo Medeiros ◽  
Paula Carolina Bejo Wolkers ◽  
Silvia Maria Azevedo dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Public Hospital ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Financial Cost ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Elderly Health ◽  
Elderly Caregivers ◽  
Depth Interviews

ABSTRACT Objective: To know the repercussions of the fall reported by the elderly and their caregiver during hospitalization in a public hospital in Florianópolis city from October to December 2014. Method: Exploratory research with a qualitative approach, conducted by depth interviews with 16 participants, the eight elderly were hospitalized for falls and eight elderly caregivers. Data analysis were performed through the Thematic Content Analysis. Results: It was evidenced the thematic axis: Faller Elderly supported by four thematic categories: Changes caused by Falls, I am a faller, I take care of me and Prevention of the Fall. The repercussions of the fall were evidenced in the impairment of the health condition, self-care and functional capacity. We observed the naturalization of the phenomenon and the passivity with the harmful consequences of the event. Final Considerations: The fall is valued the more negative its repercussion, such as the need for hospitalization and surgery. Managing the vulnerability of the elderly, especially in primary care, evaluating their comorbidities and their internal and external environment, will minimize unfavorable consequences and the social and financial cost of hospitalizations.

scholarly journals With a little help from my family: A mixed-method study on the outcomes of family support and workload

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Lo Presti ◽  
Fulvia D’Aloisio ◽  
Sara Pluviano
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Job Roles ◽  
Kinship Support ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Method Approach

Our aim was to investigate some predictors and outcomes of family-to-work enrichment (FWE) via a mixed-method approach. We sampled 447 married employees of an Italian factory. Survey results from Study 1 showed that emotional support from family positively predicted FWE, while this latter mediated the associations between the former on one side, and work engagement and life satisfaction on the other. Moreover, extra-household support directly associated positively with life satisfaction. Evidence from 20 anthropological in-depth interviews (Study 2) returned a more complex picture, highlighting the gendered role of partners inside couples, the importance of kinship support, the sense and the value of filiation and parenthood in their connection with job roles, the complex and continuous interplay between family and life domains. In combination, results from both studies stressed the importance of family support; additionally, evidences from Study 2 suggested that FWE could be better understood taking into account crossover dynamics and the compresence of work-to-family enrichment and conflict. In sum, these studies contributed to shed light on FWE dynamics, an under-researched topic in Italy, whose knowledge could be of great empirical and practical value.

The comparative analysis of life satisfaction among Syrian, Iranian, and Afghan refugees in Turkey: The case of Denizli

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayed Alawadin Maqul ◽  
Sevcan GüneŞ ◽  
TuĞba Akin
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Iranian Immigrants ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Afghan Refugees ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract In this study, the survey method was used to analyse the life satisfaction of three different refugee groups that are Syrian, Iranian, and Afghan who lives in the Denizli province of Turkey. According to the outcomes of in-depth interviews and surveys conducted on 150 refugees, the most common reason for immigrating to Turkey is the civil war-factor. The survey results show that the Afghan refugees’ level of income increased compared to that of before immigration. Afghan and Syrian refugees are more satisfied with their lives in Turkey compared to Iranian immigrants. Besides, uneducated and male refugees, living in a country with the same religion as the departure country are more satisfied than other immigrants. Therefore Iranian immigrants, most of whom are not Muslim, are planning to migrate again from Turkey to more advanced economies. In sum, the results of this study indicate that the major factors affecting life satisfaction of immigrants are educational status, religion, gender, and income.

scholarly journals Social Belonging as the Main Concern for Achieving Life Satisfaction When Adapting to Parkinson’s Disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8653
Author(s):  
Lina Rosengren ◽  
Anna Forsberg ◽  
Christina Brogårdh ◽  
Jan Lexell
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
Transitional Experience ◽  
Social Belonging ◽  
Depth Interviews

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex, progressive neurological condition that impacts daily life and reduces life satisfaction (LS). To achieve and maintain high LS, persons with PD (PwPD) must go through a process of change to adapt to their new life situation. However, our knowledge about this process is very limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the process of change, and the main concern in this process, in PwPD. To study the transitional experience of PwPD, an inductive qualitative approach, using Grounded Theory (GT), was employed. Thirteen participants (9 women, 3 men and 1 non-binary), with a mean age of 54 years (range from 47–62 years), participated in in-depth interviews. Data showed that social belonging is the main concern in the process of change for PwPD. In this process of change, they use strategies to comprehend, accept, adapt, and balance in their strive for social belonging, which in turn can enhance LS. Health care professionals can use this model with an interdisciplinary approach to support PwPD through a successful process of change to achieve social belonging, and thereby achieving and maintaining LS.

scholarly journals AMIZADE, PRAZER E FELICIDADE: RELAÇÕES ENTRE ATRIBUTOS E VALORES NA ÓTICA DE CONSUMIDORES DE COMIDA JAPONESA

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Joiza Angélica do Carmo Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personal Satisfaction ◽  
Personal Goal ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Hierarchical Value Map ◽  
Chain Theory ◽  
Depth Interviews

Amizade, Prazer e Felicidade: Relações Entre Atributos e Valores Na Ótica de Consumidores de Comida Japonesa   Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a relação entre atributos e valores percebida entre os consumidores de comida japonesa de Fortaleza. A pesquisa tem em sua sustentação teórica abordagens sobre o comportamento do consumidor, valores e na Teoria da Cadeia de Meios e Fins (Means end chain - MEC). Foram realizadas trinta entrevistas em profundidade com consumidores de comida japonesa da cidade de Fortaleza entre os meses de novembro de 2008 e abril de 2009. A técnica aplicada é a laddering, alicerçada na Teoria MEC, com o conceito central de ‘escada de mão’, explorando os três níveis: atributos, consequências e valores. Essa técnica proporcionou a construção de uma matriz de implicação e de um mapa hierárquico de valor, permitindo confirmar os elementos, atributos, consequências e valores, que caracterizam o comportamento do consumidor orientado para o prazer e satisfação pessoal. O resultado da pesquisa evidenciou, entre os consumidores, valores individualistas como: abertura, vida excitante, satisfação, prazer, felicidade, auto-estima e relação afetiva, amizade. Esses valores reafirmam a busca por atingir a meta pessoal. Pela análise do mapa hierárquico de valores, pode-se concluir que esses valores estão relacionados com atributos percebidos pelo consumidor, tais como: ambiente do restaurante, qualidade, comida crua e exótica, cheiro, cor e sabor típicos.   Palavras-chave: Comportamento do consumidor. Comida japonesa. Valores. Cadeia de meios e fins. Laddering.     Friendship, Pleasure and Happiness: Relations between attributes and values ​​from the viewpoint of Japanese Food Consumers ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyze the relation between attributes and values perceived among the consumers of Japanese food in Fortaleza, Brazil. The research is theoretically based upon consumer behavior approaches, values and Means End Chain Theory (MEC). There were made thirty in depth interviews with Japanese food consumers in Fortaleza city, between November 2008 and April 2009. The applied technique was laddering, that is based on MEC Theory, with the central concept of ‘hand ladder’, exploring three levels: attributes, consequences and values. This technique allowed to build an implication matrix and a hierarchical value map, which confirmed elements, attributes, consequences and values that characterize the behavior of the consumer-oriented pleasure and personal satisfaction. The results evidence, among the consumers, individualistic values as:  openness, exciting life, satisfaction, pleasure, happiness, self-esteem and affective relationship, friendship. These values confirm their look for achieving personal goal. Through the analysis of the hierarchical value map, it may be concluded that these values are related with attributes perceived by the consumer, such as: restaurant environment, quality, raw and exotic food, typical smell, color and flavor.   Keywords: Consumer behavior. Japanese food. Values. Means end chain. Laddering.  

scholarly journals Variables associated with the life satisfaction of elderly caregivers of chronically ill and dependent elderly relatives

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebeca de Barros Caldeira ◽  
Anita Liberalesso Neri ◽  
Samila Sathler Tavares Batistoni ◽  
Meire Cachioni
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Perceived Burden ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Elderly Caregivers

Abstract Objective: to compare the life satisfaction of family caregivers, taking into account their gender, age, time since starting care, health, religion, perceived burden and quality of life, and the level of physical and cognitive dependence of the elderly person receiving care, and to investigate the associations between these variables and low life satisfaction. Methods: a total of 148 caregivers in Indaiatuba and Campinas, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, selected using the convenience method, were interviewed at home, in private medical clinics and outpatient units, using questionnaires about the sociodemographic characteristics, health conditions, time since starting care, scales of life satisfaction, religiosity, perceived burden and quality of life of the caregiver, and the physical and mental health of the elderly person receiving care. Descriptive, Multivariate and Univariate Logistic Regression analysis were used. Results: caregivers who exhibited low life satisfaction included more frail individuals, with three or more chronic diseases and depression, greater perceived burden and lower self-fulfillment and pleasure, and control and autonomy, scores, which are factors of the Perceived Quality of Life Scale. Elderly caregivers who scored low in self-fulfillment factor and pleasure (OR=101.29; CI=28.68 - 357.73) and who scored high in perceived burden (OR=5.89, CI=2.13 to 16.24) had a greater chance of having low life satisfaction scores. Conclusions: The assessment of caregivers of their satisfaction with life is more influenced by subjective than objective variables, and low satisfaction seems to be strongly associated with poor quality of life, high burden, and caregiver frailty.

Commuter couples’ life satisfaction in Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-127
Author(s):  
Yun-Suk Lee
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Level ◽  
Depth Interviews

The prevalence of ‘commuter couples’ (a type of dual-earner couple in which the spouses live separately) is on the rise. The literature on this form of marital arrangement is, however, limited in that most studies are based on in-depth interviews of individuals with high-level employment in developed countries. Using cross-sectional data from the Social Survey (2012 and 2014) in Korea, this study examined (1) the relation of this newly emerging form of living arrangement with life satisfaction and (2) differences between wives and husbands in commuter couples in life satisfaction in Korea. Commuter couples in this study reported lower life satisfaction compared to typical dual-earner couples. In addition, in commuter couples, the husbands reported lower levels of life satisfaction compared to their wives. It appears that without immediate spousal support, both wives and husbands in commuter couples suffer from the burden of multiple social roles. Additionally, gender should be considered when examining the implications of this living arrangement for subjective well-being.

scholarly journals Life Satisfaction and Adaptation in Persons with Parkinson’s Disease—A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3308
Author(s):  
Lina Rosengren ◽  
Anna Forsberg ◽  
Christina Brogårdh ◽  
Jan Lexell
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
High Level ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Mean Time

Persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD) need to adapt to their progressive disability to achieve and maintain a high degree of life satisfaction (LS), but little is known about the meaning of LS and adaptation. This study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the meaning of LS and adaptation in persons with PD. Open-ended in-depth interviews were performed with 13 persons diagnosed with PD, 9 women, 3 men, and one non-binary person (mean age 54 years, mean time since diagnosis 3.4 years). The interviews were analyzed using a phenomenological–hermeneutic approach. The participants were in the process of adapting to their new health situation. There were two quite distinct groups: one that adapted through acceptance and one that struggled to resist the disease and the profound impact it had on their lives. The thematic structural analysis covers eight themes illustrating the meaning of LS and adaptation, through either acceptance or resistance. Adaptation to PD involves a transitional process characterized by either acceptance or resistance, which influences a person’s LS. Acceptance makes LS possible, whereas resistance constitutes a behavioral barrier to adaptation and LS. Rehabilitation professionals need to understand this individual process to be able to support a person with PD to reach and maintain a high level of LS. Understanding the link between LS and adaptation can support rehabilitation professionals to provide targeted interventions for people with PD.

Different Future Time Perspectives Interplay in Predicting Life Satisfaction

GeroPsych ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjie Lu ◽  
Angel Y. Li ◽  
Helene H. Fung ◽  
Klaus Rothermund ◽  
Frieder R. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Time Perspectives ◽  
Time Extension ◽  
Future Self ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. This study addresses prior mixed findings on the relationship between future time perspective (FTP) and well-being as well as examines the associations between three aspects of FTP and life satisfaction in the health and friendship domains. 159 Germans, 97 US Americans, and 240 Hong Kong Chinese, aged 19–86 years, completed a survey on future self-views (valence) and life satisfaction. They also reported the extent to which they perceived future time as expanded vs. limited (time extension) and meaningful (openness). Findings revealed that individuals with more positive future self-views had higher satisfaction. However, those who perceived their future as more meaningful or perceived more time in their future reported higher satisfaction even when future self-views were less positive.

Understanding Why Older People Develop a Wish to Die

Crisis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Rurup ◽  
H. R. W. Pasman ◽  
J. Goedhart ◽  
D. J. H. Deeg ◽  
A. J. F. M. Kerkhof ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Cohort Studies ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Traumatic Life Events ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Wish To Die ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Death Wishes ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: Quantitative studies in several European countries showed that 10–20% of older people have or have had a wish to die. Aims: To improve our understanding of why some older people develop a wish to die. Methods: In-depth interviews with people with a wish to die (n = 31) were carried out. Through open coding and inductive analysis, we developed a conceptual framework to describe the development of death wishes. Respondents were selected from two cohort studies. Results: The wish to die had either been triggered suddenly after traumatic life events or had developed gradually after a life full of adversity, as a consequence of aging or illness, or after recurring depression. The respondents were in a situation they considered unacceptable, yet they felt they had no control to change their situation and thus progressively “gave up” trying. Recurring themes included being widowed, feeling lonely, being a victim, being dependent, and wanting to be useful. Developing thoughts about death as a positive thing or a release from problems seemed to them like a way to reclaim control. Conclusions: People who wish to die originally develop thoughts about death as a positive solution to life events or to an adverse situation, and eventually reach a balance of the wish to live and to die.

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