scholarly journals Retirement Abroad as Women’s Aging Strategy

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liesl Gambold
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Baby Boom ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Retirement Migration ◽  
Foreign Culture ◽  
International Retirement Migration ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Aging Women ◽  
The U.S

Understanding the culture and lifestyle choices of retirees has never been so crucial. The aging baby boom population bubble means that by 2030 eighteen percent of the U.S. will be 65 or over. The lifestyle decisions of these individuals will have far-reaching implications culturally, politically and economically. Since more women are living their post-retirement lives alone and in economically challenging situations, this paper examines the mobility of older women in the form of international retirement migration as a strategy to ameliorate levels of economic and general well-being. Historically people have retired abroad for various reasons, but current practices suggest that retiring permanently in a foreign country has become an increasingly popular aging strategy. Retiring abroad does not come without serious challenges, however, as the strains of navigating the aging process are interwoven with living in a foreign culture. Based on research done in Mexico, and southern France, this paper highlights the efforts put forth by aging women to avoid the well-trodden path of retirement before them and to forge a new path, choose a new homeland, and perhaps, reinvent themselves a bit along the way.

scholarly journals OPTIMISM AND PAIN INTERFERENCE IN AGING WOMEN

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S814-S814
Author(s):  
Stephanie T Judge ◽  
Jodi L Clasey ◽  
Leslie J Crofford ◽  
Suzanne C Segerstrom
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pain Interference ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Reciprocal Relationships ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
Aging Women ◽  
Virtuous Cycle

Abstract Pain limits individuals’ ability to engage in activities that promote well-being. This longitudinal-burst daily diary study tested reciprocal relationships among pain, optimism, pain interference, and activity in older women. Multilevel models tested between- and within-person relationships among these variables. Pain best predicted interference (person: γ001 = .227, SE = .022, p < .0001; wave: γ010 = .267, SE = .014, p < .0001; day: γ100 = .246, SE = .010, p < .0001); optimism best predicted activity (γ002 = .684, SE = .101, p < .0001). In linear regression models, baseline optimism (sr2 = 0.560, p < .0001), less interference (sr2 = 0.064, p < .0001), and more activity (sr2 = 0.015, p = .013) predicted higher end-of-study optimism. Ultimately, more optimistic women were significantly more active than less optimistic women, and less interference and more activity promoted increased optimism, creating a virtuous cycle that enhances well-being among older women.

scholarly journals British and Japanese international retirement migration and creative responses to health and care challenges: a bricolage perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Hall ◽  
Mayumi Ono ◽  
Ayako Kohno
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Retirement Migration ◽  
Age In Place ◽  
International Retirement Migration ◽  
Lifestyle Choices ◽  
Care Systems

AbstractMost research on international retirement migration has focused on the Western context and the motivations and lifestyle choices of migrants when they are healthy. This paper instead explores how British retirees in Spain and Japanese retirees in Malaysia respond to declining health and increasing care needs through bricolage as they begin to ‘age in place’. The paper combines qualitative interviews, focus groups and observations collected by the authors from 215 British and Japanese international retirement migrants. We focus on two key types of bricolage behaviour: ‘within-system bricolage’ undertaken by migrants to help them access and navigate existing health and care systems; and ‘added-to-system bricolage’ that is enacted to fill gaps in health and care provision. Our analysis suggests that IRMs engage in ‘transnational care bricolage’ by combining multiple economic, social and legal resources across local and transnational spaces to address their health and care needs.

scholarly journals The meaning of religion/religiosity for the elderly

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 770-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Luíza Barreto de Oliveira ◽  
Tânia Maria de Oliva Menezes
Keyword(s):  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological Study

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the meaning of religion/religiosity for the elderly. Method: A qualitative, phenomenological study, based on Martin Heidegger. Thirteen older women registered in an Urban Social Center of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil aged between 60 and 84 years participated in the study. The collection of testimonies was carried out from November 2013 to May 2014 through phenomenological interviews. Results: Hermeneutics has unveiled the unit of meaning: Meanings of religion/religiosity in the daily life of the elderly. Religion/religiosity offers comfort and well-being to the elderly person, helping to overcome changes arising from the aging process. Final considerations: The nurse, while providing care, should expand his/her vision in relation to the subjectivity of the elderly, in order to understand that religion/religiosity gives meaning to their existence.

scholarly journals BEYOND REPRODUCTION: EXPLORING DETERMINANTS OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN AGING WOMEN

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S605-S605
Author(s):  
Cassandra M Germain
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Functional Health ◽  
Sexual Intimacy ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Aging Women ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The goal of this symposium is to explore the various factors that influence functional health and general well-being in women during late life. We will explore 1) the role of depression on functional impairment in a group of diverse community dwelling women; 2) the relationship between chronic pain and depression, as well as strategies for intervention; 3) the desire for sexual intimacy among older women and it’s relationship to wellbeing and 4) the importance of physical appearance in older women and its association with self confidence and wellbeing.

Analysis of Self-Concept in Older Adults in Different Contexts

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel de Gracia Blanco ◽  
Josep Garre Olmo ◽  
María Marcó Arbonès ◽  
Pilar Monreal Bosch
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Discriminatory Capacity

Summary: Self-concept is a construct consisting of a group of specific self-perceptions that are hierarchically organized. Age-associated changes of self-concept are related to the individual's perception of the changes occurring throughout the aging process. The authors examined external validity and internal consistency of an instrument that has been developed to assess self-concept in older adults and examined self-concept's characteristics in two different contexts. Results confirm the multidimensionality of the scale and show a satisfactory external validity, indicating good discriminatory capacity. Findings support the hypothesis that older people who live in a nursing home have a poor self-esteem, self-concept, and psychological well-being and have a greater presence of depressive symptoms than people who live in their own home.

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