Making themselves at home: Support needs of older Germans in Australia

Polacsek, Meg; Angus, Jocelyn

doi:10.1111/ajag.12263

Australas J Ageing

2016

DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12263

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Making themselves at home: Support needs of older Germans in Australia

Meg Polacsek

Jocelyn Angus

Abstract: Few studies have been conducted on older German Australians, and none focuses specifically on their experience of ageing in Australia. This study contributes to the body of knowledge on older migrants and, specifically, on those for whom language is not necessarily a major obstacle to obtaining aged care information or services.

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Sosyal Poli̇ti̇kalarda Yaşli Ve Yaşlanan Göçmenleri̇ Yeni̇den Tartişmak: Avrupa Örneği̇

Palaz

2021

Sosyal Politika Çalışmaları Dergisi

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Migration and aging are dominant processes in contemporary societies, therefore, the number of works tackling their intersection increases in recent years. This article aims to discuss social policies targeting older migrants in Europe, where the results of both these processes are prominent. The literature on older migrants within the scope of social policies is evaluated. Firstly, the question of how this group is conceptualized in social policies is discussed. The way older migrants are categorised and structural factors affecting these categories, including economic systems, welfare systems, migration and citizenship policies, and retirement systems are studied within the frame of this definition. Subsequently, the critical spheres of implementation are determined and propositions regarding social policies are opened to the discussion under four themes: 1) health and social care; 2) education for public servants; 3) gender as a cumulative disadvantage; 4) active aging. The article concludes that in social policies targeting older migrants it is important not to homogenise various migrant groups. Additionally, the cumulative disadvantages gathered during the life course should be considered. Finally, focus should be given to practices of transnational aging.

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Sosyal Poli̇ti̇kalarda Yaşli Ve Yaşlanan Göçmenleri̇ Yeni̇den Tartişmak: Avrupa Örneği̇

Palaz

2021

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The Effect of Civic Participation and Transnational Aging on Social Trust: The Case of Europe

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2022

TESAM Akademi Dergisi

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Migrants hold a progressively larger share of older adults in many European countries, but transnational ageing experience has hardly been examined by scholars outside of health and economic dimensions. The present research addresses the question of how civic participation and sociodemographic factors including migration status effect social trust of older adults drawing on Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe data wave five. There are 30067 respondents age 50 and over in the sample from nine European countries. Our results support the theoretical perspective that the more civic participation types older adults were involved, the more social trust they had. The results of hierarchical regression also showed that being a first and second generation migrant effected social trust negatively, even after controlling for sociodemographic factors and health. This is surprising giving the fact that there were differences between migration generations in civic participation according to Poisson regression analysis: In reference to natives, while being a first generation migrant affected civic participation negatively, there were no significant effect of being a second generation migrant.

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The Social Networks and Engagements of Older Turkish Migrants in Germany

Palaz¹

2020

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During the 1960s, Germany received high numbers of Turkish labor migrants, and this first generation has currently reached to old age. This qualitative research aims to discuss the social networks and engagements of these older Turkish migrants who have aged in Germany. Academia has shown growing interest in the importance of social capital of older people in the form of their social networks, social support, and social participation. This study focuses on their daily social interactions in Germany. The findings reveal that participation in associations, social clubs, and neighborhood social groups enables them to re-establish new social roles in postretirement period and after their child-bearing years. Their small groups, which meet regularly, are valuable emotional support resources. Their relatively low human capital is argued to influence the homogeneity of their social networks, but not the variety of social engagements.

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Making themselves at home: Support needs of older Germans in Australia

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Sosyal Poli̇ti̇kalarda Yaşli Ve Yaşlanan Göçmenleri̇ Yeni̇den Tartişmak: Avrupa Örneği̇

Sosyal Poli̇ti̇kalarda Yaşli Ve Yaşlanan Göçmenleri̇ Yeni̇den Tartişmak: Avrupa Örneği̇

The Effect of Civic Participation and Transnational Aging on Social Trust: The Case of Europe

The Social Networks and Engagements of Older Turkish Migrants in Germany

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