Mutual Caring of Elderly Korean Couples

Ahn, Tae Sung; Kim, Kwibun

doi:10.1177/1043659606294189

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“…2002, Gaugler et al. 2003a), and Asian studies, including Korean, are far too few (Han & Haley 1999, Park 2003, Ahn & Kim 2007). Although caregiving responsibilities may be similar across cultures, there are obstacles in applying the adult day care services developed from other cultural vantage points.…”

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Day healthcare services for family caregivers of older people with stroke: needs and satisfaction

Park

2008

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Day healthcare services for family caregivers of older people with stroke: needs and satisfaction

Park

2008

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Similar to previous studies, their children and other support services usually provide resources to the older participants (Ahn & Kim, ). This might be explained by having all Chinese participants in our study, similar to previous study findings in China that have similar cultural values of filial piety (Leung et al ., ; Chow & Ho, ; Li et al ., ).…”

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Back to the beginning: Perceptions of older Singaporean couples living alone

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Tan

Wang

et al. 2015

Nursing & Health Sciences

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Singapore has an aging population that is projected to increase by 32% in 2100. The majority of older couples live alone. "Aging in Place" is an initiative that is widely promoted by the government, in which older people are supported to live in their own homes. In this qualitative study, we explored the perceptions of older people living with their spouse in Singapore. Fifteen community-dwelling older participants were interviewed. Four themes emerged from the thematic analysis: (i) maintaining health and mobility; (2) maintaining relationships with spouse; (iii) maintaining relationship with others; and (iv) living the last leg of the race. The older people living on their own were generally content about maintaining their interdependence and complementary roles. Insights gathered from this study have relevance to implementation of the Aging-in-Place policy to ensure that older people receive the support they need to maintain their physical and psychosocial well-being while living on their own.

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“…In gerontology, spousal care in old age is a particularly interesting example of how carer and care receiver roles can blur and overlap, since it cannot be taken for granted that a spouse providing care is in good health (Corden & Hirst, 2011;O'Connell, Bailey & Walker, 2003;Ahn & Kim, 2007;Jowsey, McRae, Gillespie, Banfield & Yen, 2013). In this study, care was provided through people whose bodies were ageing with disabilities.…”

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Ageing and Caring as Couples with Disabilities

Torgé¹

2014

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In gerontology and care research, care is often studied in ways in which older people and people with disabilities are portrayed as dependent on the care of younger or non-disabled people. This thesis, in contrast, studies care provided by people that are both old and have physical disabilities.The thesis explores how care is actualized and experienced by older couples who both have long-term or lifelong disabilities and investigates the implications of this caring in the couples' lives. Nine couples between 60 and 84 years old, of whom most had had disabilities for over 20 years, were interviewed as dyads; a process also conjoint interviewing. These interviews were analysed using grounded theory methods of coding and constant comparison. The results of the thesis confirm that it can make sense to be a carer even if one also needs care in everyday life. Meanwhile, the analysis also considers how conjoint interviewing resulted in relational and performative data about mutual care. The study helps explain the significance helping a partner despite having other sources of formal support and the difficulties of providing this help oneself. Finally, in a study whose participants are growing old together with disabilities, the results also show that the couples could regard themselves as ageing advantageously compared to other groups.Through its focus on caring for and by older people with disabilities, this thesis is at the intersection of social gerontology, care research and disability studies. However, from its interdisciplinary perspective, it can also challenge established discourses in these fields. Specifically, the study problematizes the absence of a care discourse in disability studies and the mostly age-and functioncoded ways in which care is discussed in care research. The thesis problematizes dichotomies used in understanding care, such as roles of carers/care receiver, caring/servicing and dependence/independence. It also challenges established ways of thinking about successful ageing. Lastly, the thesis contributes to the still growing literature on ageing with a disability.

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Mutual Caring of Elderly Korean Couples

Cited by 15 publications

References 14 publications

Day healthcare services for family caregivers of older people with stroke: needs and satisfaction

Day healthcare services for family caregivers of older people with stroke: needs and satisfaction

Back to the beginning: Perceptions of older Singaporean couples living alone

Ageing and Caring as Couples with Disabilities

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