ArticleJournal of cross-cultural gerontology2017
Finding a Sense of Home across the Pacific in Old Age- Chinese American Senior's Report of Life Satisfaction in a Foreign Land.
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- Immigrant Older Adults' Experiences of Aging in Place and Their Neighborhoods: A Qualitative Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators of health among older adult immigrants in the United States: an integrative review of 20 years of literature.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- FDI and Wellbeing: A Key Node Analysis for Psychological Health in Response to COVID-19 Using Artificial Intelligence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Home Away from Home: Comparing Factors Impacting Migrants' and Italians Sense of Psychological Home.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Family Networks, Social Networks, and Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in China.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The effects of oral health and social support on health-related quality of life of migrant older with children in Weifang, China.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Home is Where the Heart is: Identity and Belonging Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Australia.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2022Article
- Association between Sense of Belonging and Loneliness among the Migrant Elderly Following Children in Jinan, Shandong Province, China: The Moderating Effect of Migration Pattern.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Finding a sense of home for international migrants is challenging. It is even more so for older adults who migrate to a foreign country later in life to follow their adult children. This study examines Chinese immigrant elders' report of their sense of home and life-satisfaction. Based on 21 intensive interviews and107 surveys with elderly immigrants of Chinese descent, this research finds that a comfortable living condition in a natural and built environment contribute to Chinese elders' narrative of a sense of home. The lack of English language, however, makes immigrant Chinese elders feel very unsettled. Being together with children and having good social benefits are major pull factors that contribute to immigrant elders' decision to settle down in a foreign country. Those who report a stronger sense of home tend to report a higher level of life satisfaction. In conclusion, the authors argue that immigrant elders are defining their sense of home with a greater sense of independence from their adult children. Favorable social policies toward older adults, such as Medicare, Medicaid, low income housing, and social services, are important factors that make older immigrants feel a sense of home in a foreign land, although the inability to communicate is a barrier to a complete sense of home for transnational migrants in old age.
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