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Away from Home or Returned Home? What Iranian Participants with Dementia Experience while Living in a Culturally Profiled Nursing Home in Sweden. 离家出走还是回家?伊朗痴呆症患者在瑞典一家有文化背景的养老院生活时的经历。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09490-6

Mahin Kiwi

{"title":"Away from Home or Returned Home? What Iranian Participants with Dementia Experience while Living in a Culturally Profiled Nursing Home in Sweden.","authors":"Mahin Kiwi","doi":"10.1007/s10823-023-09490-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10823-023-09490-6","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores Iranian immigrants with dementia living in a culturally profiled Swedish nursing home and what it means to be at \"home.\" The meaning given to a place, in general, is understood to be generated and formed by experiences, expectations, hopes, and chains of events, and its significance can change over time. Life changes will mainly affect the understanding of what constitutes \"home.\" Such a concept can be challenging to define, especially amongst some immigrant populations and those with dementia, for whom parameters change and choice can be limited. This qualitative research study is based on ethnographic fieldwork following ten participants. The data was analyzed, and three main categories that contribute to understanding \"home\" as part of the delivery of care to elderly immigrants with dementia, namely \"a place to escape to\", \"a place to be\", and \"a place to live\", were identified. The findings show that living in a culturally profiled nursing home in Sweden gave residents a feeling of self-rule, although the institution did have its codes and rules. Considering the feeling of home, none of the participants felt at home; instead, they stated that the culturally profiled nursing home was merely a place to live. Factors that strengthened their independence were the ability to speak the language they were familiar with and receiving medical help without relying on their children.","PeriodicalId":46921,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"343-370"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10689522/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138296247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Comparative Analysis of Gender and Age Patterns in Informal Care Received among Disabled Older Adults: A Cross-National Study across the United States, Mexico, China, and Indonesia. 残疾老年人接受非正式护理的性别和年龄模式的比较分析：美国、墨西哥、中国和印度尼西亚的一项跨国家研究。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09488-0

Urvashi Jain, Connor M Sheehan

{"title":"Comparative Analysis of Gender and Age Patterns in Informal Care Received among Disabled Older Adults: A Cross-National Study across the United States, Mexico, China, and Indonesia.","authors":"Urvashi Jain, Connor M Sheehan","doi":"10.1007/s10823-023-09488-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10823-023-09488-0","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines cross-national differences by gender and age in receipt and sources of help for limitations with activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living among older adults in the United States, Mexico, China, and Indonesia. Respondents aged 50 + from the Health and Retirement Study, Mexican Health and Aging Study, China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, and Indonesia Family Life Survey are included. Descriptive methods, logistic and multinomial regression analyses are used to examine patterns in any help received and main source of help respectively. After controlling for age, marital status, and co-residence with child(ren), it is found that men in all four countries overwhelmingly relied on their spouse for care, while children are more likely to be the main source of care for women. Children as the main source of care increased with age in each country and among men and women, surpassing spouse in China and Indonesia, and to a lesser extent in Mexico, but not in the United States where spouse was found to be more likely to be main caregiver even among the oldest age groups. Caregiving for the disabled is important for the well-being of the care recipient and for caregivers. Our results shed light on the asymmetric burden of caregiving on female spouses, across four diverse and aging countries.","PeriodicalId":46921,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"389-415"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41137360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Children as Investment: Religion, Money, and Muslim Migrants' Experiences of Assisted Reproduction in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). 儿童作为投资:宗教、金钱和新西兰奥特罗阿穆斯林移民的辅助生殖经历。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09491-5

Nelly Martin-Anatias, Sharyn Graham Davies

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Life After Retirement: Exploring the Survival Strategies of SSNIT Pensioners in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. 退休后的生活:探索加纳大阿克拉地区SSNIT养老金领取者的生存策略。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09487-1

Myles Ongoh, Kwamina Abekah-Carter, Anthony H Godi

{"title":"Life After Retirement: Exploring the Survival Strategies of SSNIT Pensioners in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.","authors":"Myles Ongoh, Kwamina Abekah-Carter, Anthony H Godi","doi":"10.1007/s10823-023-09487-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10823-023-09487-1","url":null,"abstract":"Ghana's elderly population represents about 6.7% of the national populace. They comprise persons aged sixty years and above, including retirees. The main source of income for some of these individuals, particularly those who worked in the formal sector is the monthly pension they receive as compensation for contributing to Ghana's public pension scheme known as the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) while they were working. However, some beneficiaries of the scheme have raised concerns about the inadequacy of the pension income. Old age is accompanied by other social, economic, and health issues that tend to be detrimental to one's well-being. In this study, the survival strategies adopted by SSNIT pensioners to assuage the challenges they encounter, mainly due to inadequate pensions were explored. The mixed-methods research design was employed to gather data from 437 respondents. Whereas the quantitative findings were analyzed via the Stata software, the framework approach was adopted to analyze the qualitative data. The majority (78.7%) of the pensioners indicated that their pensions were insufficient to meet their needs. In their quest to address the challenges confronting them, the pensioners either adopted survival strategies they considered suitable or resorted to other non-prioritized coping mechanisms perceived to be relevant only in times of urgent necessity. Based on the findings of the study, some recommendations for policy and practice were presented.","PeriodicalId":46921,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"327-342"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10103245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring Handgrip Strength as a Cross-cultural Correlate of Body Composition and Upper Body Strength in Older Adults from Costa Rica and Kansas. 哥斯达黎加和堪萨斯州老年人身体组成和上肢力量的跨文化相关性研究。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09481-7

José Moncada-Jiménez, Eva E Dicker, Yamileth Chacón-Araya, Mariana Peralta-Brenes, José M Briceño-Torres, Mario Villarreal-Ángeles, Mónica Salazar-Villanea, Eric D Vidoni, Jeffery M Burns, David K Johnson

{"title":"Exploring Handgrip Strength as a Cross-cultural Correlate of Body Composition and Upper Body Strength in Older Adults from Costa Rica and Kansas.","authors":"José Moncada-Jiménez, Eva E Dicker, Yamileth Chacón-Araya, Mariana Peralta-Brenes, José M Briceño-Torres, Mario Villarreal-Ángeles, Mónica Salazar-Villanea, Eric D Vidoni, Jeffery M Burns, David K Johnson","doi":"10.1007/s10823-023-09481-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-023-09481-7","url":null,"abstract":"Sarcopenia and disability in older adults are often characterized by body composition measurements; however, the gold standard of body composition measurement, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), is expensive to acquire and maintain, making its use in low and middle income countries (LMIC) it out-of-reach in developing nations. Because these LMIC will bear a disproportionate amount of chronic disease burden due to global aging trends, it is important that reliable, low-cost surrogates need to be developed. Handgrip strength (HGS) is a reliable measure of disability in older adults but has not been used widely in diverse populations. This study compared HGS to multiple measurements of body composition in older adults from the US (Kansas) and a middle-income country (Costa Rica) to test if HGS is a cross-culturally appropriate predictive measure that yields reliable estimates across developed and developing nations. Percent body fat (%BF), lean tissue mass index (LTMI), appendicular lean soft tissue index (ALSTI), body fat mass index (BFMI), bone mineral density (BMD), and HGS were measured in older Costa Ricans (n = 78) and Kansans (n = 100). HGS predicted lean arm mass with equal accuracy for both samples (p ≤ 0.05 for all groups), indicating that it is a reliable, low-cost and widely available estimate of upper body lean muscle mass. Older adults from Costa Rica showed different body composition overall and HGS than controls from Kansas. Handgrip operates equivalently in the US and Mesoamerica and is a valid estimate of lean arm muscle mass as derived by the more expensive DEXA.","PeriodicalId":46921,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology","volume":"38 3","pages":"223-244"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10447276/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10425824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Subjective Wellbeing of Community Dwelling Older Adults in Nigeria. 尼日利亚社区居住老年人的主观幸福感

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09483-5

Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth, Akanni I Akinyemi, Joshua O Aransiola, Anthony A Adegoke, Bayode I Popoola

{"title":"Subjective Wellbeing of Community Dwelling Older Adults in Nigeria.","authors":"Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth, Akanni I Akinyemi, Joshua O Aransiola, Anthony A Adegoke, Bayode I Popoola","doi":"10.1007/s10823-023-09483-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-023-09483-5","url":null,"abstract":"Previous comparative international studies on wellbeing of older adults in Africa have presented figures based on indicators which tend to obscure the variations in terms of wellbeing among the older adults in a particular country. This paper examined the subjective dimension of quality of life of community dwelling elders in Nigeria. It identified factors related to different levels of subjective wellbeing in different parts of the country and among different socio-economic groups.Data for the paper were drawn from a national study on vulnerability of older adults in Nigeria. A sample of 3,696 older adults (55.6% males; 44.4% females; mean age = 69.2, SD = 8.60) was selected through multi-stage systematic random sampling, using the national census enumeration area framework. Data were collected using structured interviews via Open Data Kit (ODK). Subjective Wellbeing was measured using the Flourishing Scale.Multiple linear regression analysis revealed resilience as the main predictor for older adults' subjective wellbeing. Other significant predictors included perceived attitudes towards old age in the respondents' community, ability to meet daily financial needs, independence in Activities of Daily Living (ADL), membership in social and religious groups and location, whether rural, peri-urban or urban.The findings of the study make significant contributions to the existing literature on older adults' wellbeing in Nigeria and provide material for future regional and international comparisons on the subject. The findings also provide data that can be utilized for policies and programme interventions that will be in alignment with the older adults' perceived needs.","PeriodicalId":46921,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology","volume":"38 3","pages":"285-306"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10057241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Psychosocial well-being in Long-Term Care in the Wake of COVID-19: Findings from a Qualitative Study in New Zealand. COVID-19后长期护理中的社会心理健康:新西兰一项定性研究的结果

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09485-3

Rosemary Frey, Deborah Balmer

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Exploring Coping and Religiosity in an Indian Ashram for Older Adults. 在印度老年人道场探索应对和宗教信仰。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09484-4

Anindya Das, Apoorva Chaudhary, Lakshya Tyagi

{"title":"Exploring Coping and Religiosity in an Indian Ashram for Older Adults.","authors":"Anindya Das, Apoorva Chaudhary, Lakshya Tyagi","doi":"10.1007/s10823-023-09484-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-023-09484-4","url":null,"abstract":"Background and objectives: With the aging of Indians and the cultural context of family care, faith-based ashrams are a possible middle way for older adult care for strained families. Religiosity is multidimensional, but it is unclear how its different dimensions relate to coping. This exploratory study investigates the profile of residents living in a faith-based ashram of Haridwar, a pilgrimage town in Northern India. Additionally, it examines religiosity and coping in this population, and the correlates of positive coping response (PCR).Methodology: Preliminary field survey helped zero in on a single consenting ashram. We included 95 older adult participants (≥ 60 years) residing for more than six months. Relevant dimensions were captured with a survey interview form to record sociodemographics, BriefCOPE, and Duke University Religion Index. The sample was representative of the institutionalized older-adult population considering the overlap of sociodemographics (age, gender, and marital status). We conducted linear regression to examine possible predictors of PCR.Results: Most older adults were Hindus, higher educated, married, and lived with their spouses. The participants were highly religious. Coping through religion was most common, followed by active coping. On linear regression, a significant model emerged [F (13, 63) = 3.411, p < .001), where age, education, and organizational religious activity were significant predictors of PCR. However, other sociodemographic (sex, marital status, economics, family contact) and dimensions of religiosity (non-organizational religious activity and intrinsic religiosity) variables failed to predict PCR.Conclusion: Lesser age, higher education, and involvement in the public practice of religiosity are essential contributors to PCR in older adults. How different aspects of religiosity influence coping and lend meaning to dealing with stress, needs further exploration.","PeriodicalId":46921,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology","volume":"38 3","pages":"245-262"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10113332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Successful Aging in the Indian Socio-cultural Milieu. 印度社会文化环境中的成功老龄化。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09476-4

Shilpa Bandyopadhyay, Kamlesh Singh

{"title":"Successful Aging in the Indian Socio-cultural Milieu.","authors":"Shilpa Bandyopadhyay, Kamlesh Singh","doi":"10.1007/s10823-023-09476-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-023-09476-4","url":null,"abstract":"There is a growing recognition of the importance of subjective definitions of successful aging from a clinical and policy perspective, and for their social and cultural relevance. However, the voices of older Indians remain largely underrepresented in the emerging body of qualitative literature on successful aging. Given this gap, and India's burgeoning older population, the present study set out to examine their subjective perception of successful aging. Using convenience sampling, data was collected from older men and women (N = 63, M Age = 71.21) living in the community, and in old age homes in Delhi NCR, through face-to-face interviews and focus group discussions. Reflexive thematic analysis resulted in four primary themes and eight sub-themes - Successful Aging as Personal Well-being, Tensions between Agency and Fatalism, comprising three sub-themes viz. the person as an active agent, co-existence of agency and fatalism, and negotiating with the invisible powers; Linked Lives comprising two sub-themes viz. the aging parent and the adult child, and spousal interrelationship; and The Social and Built Environment comprising three sub-themes, viz. complexity of social life: the health interface, social life in the neighborhood, and the good house. These findings provide a culture-specific view of successful aging in the Indian context, and reveals the multifaceted conceptualization of successful aging of older Indians - one that encompasses various biopsychosocial components.","PeriodicalId":46921,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology","volume":"38 2","pages":"191-220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9972088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correction to: Knowledge and Attitudes of Two Latino Groups About Alzheimer Disease: A Qualitative Study. 更正:两个拉丁裔群体对阿尔茨海默病的知识和态度:一项定性研究。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09478-2

Laura Y Cabrera, P Kelly, I E Vega

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