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ArticleJournal of cross-cultural gerontology2017

Vietnamese Refugee Elderly Women and Their Experiences of Social Support: A Multiple Case Study.

Sherry C Wang, John W Creswell, Dau Nguyen

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Article in Journal of cross-cultural gerontology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sherry C WangDepartment of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA, 95050-0201, USA. sherrycwang@gmail.com.
John W CreswellDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Dau NguyenVietnamese Community of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study sought to address the gaps in the literature on Asian American gerontology with a multiply marginalized group in terms of gender, immigration status, and context. Guided by a multiple case study approach, we sought to explore how social support was experienced by four Vietnamese elderly refugee women residing in different living arrangements (i.e., alone, with spouse, with adult children, or in a multigenerational household). Within-case analyses were conducted to yield descriptive information about each individual. Additionally, three overarching themes emerged across each of the living arrangements: (1) Burden of care-taking, (2) Distinguishing family from nonfamily help, and (3) Ambivalence toward government-sponsored services. Our findings provide a contextualized understanding of social support to explain the inconsistencies that have been found in the literature on Asian American gerontology and family support. The benefits of living alone are described, along with the potential risks of coresidency.

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AsianRefugeesAgedCaliforniaCross-Cultural ComparisonEmigration and ImmigrationFamily CharacteristicsFemaleHumansNebraskaPublic HealthResidence CharacteristicsSocial SupportCommunity healthLiving arrangementOlder adultsRefugeesSocial supportVietnamese AmericanWomen

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