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Preparing for an “Insured” Old Age: Insurance Purchase and Self-Support in Old Age in Rural China
This article explores an emerging trend among young and middle-aged rural couples in Northeast China who have purchased recently marketized commercial insurance as a way to prepare for self-support in old age. It discusses how the commercial insurance industry has created a rural elder-care market among a population that traditionally relied on family for support in old age. It also delves into the ways in which the transformations of intergenerational exchange and family structure and a lack of health care access have contributed to the preparation for self-support in old age and have thus fostered the creation of a rural...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - June 1, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Contextual Challenges and the Mosaic of Support: Understanding the Vulnerabilities of Low-Income Informal Caregivers of Dependent Elders in Singapore
AbstractInformal caregivers play an increasingly important and demanding role in providing and ensuring long-term care for elders. To date, few studies have qualitatively explored the challenges and coping strategies adopted by informal caregivers of dependent elders from lower-income households in Singapore. Based on data from in-depth interviews with 19 respondents, this study provides detailed and nuanced accounts of the lived experiences of low-income informal caregivers. The strains associated with the scarcity of resources among low-income caregivers are compounded by contextual challenges such as fractured familial ...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - June 1, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Introduction to Special Issue of Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology on Elder-Care Issues in Southeast and East Asia
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Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - June 1, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

“We Raise our Grandchildren as our Own:” Alaska Native Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Southwest Alaska
This study explores continuity and change in the roles of rural Alaska Native grandparents, describing their importance in contemporary Yup ’ik social life and structure. The study is distinctive in its focus on the experiences of Yup’ik grandparents who are primary caregivers raising their grandchildren in Southwest Alaska. Qualitative data were gathered using a semi-structured interview from 20 Yup’ik grandparents, ages 46 to 95 , who raised their grandchildren as the primary caregiver for at least one year. Content analysis was used to establish a culturally grounded understanding of the role of a grandparent rais...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - May 24, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Preparing for an “Insured” Old Age: Insurance Purchase and Self-Support in Old Age in Rural China
This article explores an emerging trend among young and middle-aged rural couples in Northeast China who have purchased recently marketized commercial insurance as a way to prepare for self-support in old age. It discusses how the commercial insurance industry has created a rural elder-care market among a population that traditionally relied on family for support in old age. It also delves into the ways in which the transformations of intergenerational exchange and family structure and a lack of health care access have contributed to the preparation for self-support in old age and have thus fostered the creation of a rural...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - May 21, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

The Emergence of an Elder-Blaming Discourse in Twenty-First Century China
AbstractTo people familiar with Confucian teachings about revering elders, it may be surprising that, over the last decade and a half, a discourse has emerged and spread widely in China in which elders are denigrated as out-of-date and corrupt. Using newspaper articles, commentaries and videos, this paper first traces the emergence of intergenerational conflicts over bus seats, along with related phenomena that have become flashpoints in the new elder-blaming discourse. Second, this paper delineates and challenges popular and academic notions that intergenerational differences in values and dispositions entirely account fo...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - May 7, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Validation Study of the Abbreviated Version of the Lubben Social Network Scale Spanish Translation among Mexican and Mexican-American Older Adults
AbstractPurpose: To perform a face validity study of the Spanish version of the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6) among Mexican and Mexican-American older adults.Design and Methods: A cross-national qualitative descriptive approach, based on cognitive survey testing and cross-cultural equivalence analysis, was followed to assess the face validity of the Spanish version of the LSNS-6. Data were collected through 2 focus groups in Los Angeles (LA) and 4 in Mexico City (CDMX). Focus groups followed a semi-structured guide. Eligibility criteria included being 60  years and older, native Spanish speaking, and not suffering ...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - March 1, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Validation of a Social Networks and Support Measurement Tool for Use in International Aging Research: The International Mobility in Aging Study
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new instrument to assess social networks and social support (IMIAS-SNSS) for different types of social ties in an international sample of older adults. The study sample includedn = 1995 community dwelling older people aged between 65 and 74 years from the baseline of the longitudinal International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). In order to measure social networks for each type of social tie, participants were asked about the number of contacts, the number of contacts they see at least once a month or have a very good relationship with, or speak with at l...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - March 1, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Identifying Motives of Midlife Black Triathlete Women Using Survey Transformation to Guide Qualitative Inquiry
AbstractDemonstrating health disparities related to race, age, and gender, older Black women (BW) are the most sedentary demographic group in the United States. Increasing PA in mid-life is important, as it improves health as BW age into their later years. Advancing our understanding of the exercise motives of BW triathletes presents a “reverse engineering” opportunity to identify motives that could influence sedentary mid-life BW to increase their activity. The purposes of this study were to: (a) utilize an innovative survey transformation method to adapt a measure developed primarily in Caucasian males, i.e., the Mot...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - March 1, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Acknowledgement of 2017 Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Reviewers
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Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - March 1, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Self-Report of Aerobic Activity among Older African Americans with Multiple Chronic Conditions
This study examined the influence of chronic conditions on aerobic activity among a sample of community-dwelling, older African Americans with a self-reported diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and other chronic conditions, such as hypertension and arthritis. Findings indicate that regardless of age, the number of chronic conditions was a significant influence in self-report of aerobic activity. Successful self-management of type 2 diabetes and other chronic conditions may promote physical activity among sedentary older African Americans with multiple chronic conditions. Furthermore, research that considers a life course epidemi...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - February 23, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Validation of a Social Networks and Support Measurement Tool for Use in International Aging Research: The International Mobility in Aging Study
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new instrument to assess social networks and social support (IMIAS-SNSS) for different types of social ties in an international sample of older adults. The study sample includedn = 1995 community dwelling older people aged between 65 and 74 years from the baseline of the longitudinal International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). In order to measure social networks for each type of social tie, participants were asked about the number of contacts, the number of contacts they see at least once a month or have a very good relationship with, or speak with at l...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - February 19, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Financial Preparation for Retirement in Brazil: a Cross-Cultural Test of the Interdisciplinary Financial Planning Model
AbstractIn this investigation, we attempt to replicate the Interdisciplinary Financial Planning Model advanced by Hershey et al. (International Journal of Aging and Human Development,70, 1-38,2010) using a sample of Brazilian adults. This model, which was originally tested on individuals from The Netherlands and the United States, posits that psychological, social, and economic forces are key determinants of retirement planning practices and perceptions of saving adequacy. Taken together, fifteen hypotheses were subject to evaluation. Participants were 167 Brazilian working adults, 21 –69 years of age, who were married ...
Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology - February 17, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research