What does living alone really mean for older persons? A comparative study of Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand

Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan; Knodel, John; Pothisiri, Wiraporn

doi:10.4054/demres.2015.32.48

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“…Health Surveys conducted in developing countries [10] and three countries in Southeast Asia [11] sharing similar socio-demographic characteristics as the Philippines.…”

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“…Nuclearization of families is happening as average household size continuously decreases [7]. These demographic, socio-economic, and cultural transformations affect the family and household characteristics, and have led to an increasing number of elderly living alone [10] [11]. Notably, studies showed that the elderly living alone were of low socio-economic strata, isolated, lonely, have poorer lifestyle practices, decreased physical capacity and psychological well-being resulting in lower self-health rating, and quality of life [12] [13] [14].…”

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Health Status and Health Facility Utilization of Community-Dwelling Elderly Living Alone in the Philippines: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Moncatar¹,

Nakamura²,

Rahman³

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Background: Increase of elderly people living alone has been a concern even in the Philippines where filial piety is widely practiced with the support of large number of young people. Objectives of this study were to examine the relationships between living alone with self-reported illness among community elderly and living alone with health facility utilization among sick community elderly in the Philippines. Methods: Data of 5577 elderly (aged ≥ 60 years) from the 2013 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey were retrieved. Variables on living arrangements, self-reported illness, frequency of health facility visits, and admission to a health facility were used for analysis. Results: Among the elderly included in the analysis, 5.0% of them were living alone. Percentage of living alone was larger among rural elderly (6.0%) compared with urban elderly (3.6%); and among poor elderly (9.0%) compared with rich elderly (2.8%). Results of adjusted multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the elderly living alone were more likely to report suffering from common colds (AOR 2.12; 95% CI 1.57 -2.86) or non-communicable diseases (AOR 2.18; 95% CI 1.55 -3.06), regardless of their socioeconomic status or insurance coverage. Among those who reported illness, the elderly living alone were more likely to visit a health facility with non-communicable disease (AOR 1.95; 95% CI 1.22 -3.14), after adjustment of other variables. Although elderly living alone who reported illness were likely to be admitted in a health facility, statistically significant association was not observed. Conclusion: Elderly living alone are more likely to report self-reported illness and use health facilities when they recognize their illness.

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“…Health Surveys conducted in developing countries [10] and three countries in Southeast Asia [11] sharing similar socio-demographic characteristics as the Philippines.…”

Section: Ance This Finding Was Consistent With Information Derived Fmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Health Status and Health Facility Utilization of Community-Dwelling Elderly Living Alone in the Philippines: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Moncatar¹,

Nakamura²,

Rahman³

et al. 2019

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“…The main contribution of our study is on the link between living arrangements and social and economic wellbeing which has been given far less attention in the literature. In one of the few studies focusing on social and economic aspects of elderly wellbeing, Teerawichitchainan, Knodel and Pothisir (2015) showed that although older adults living alone were more likely to be depressed, they were as socially participatory as older adults in other living arrangements in a cross-sectional comparative study of Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand. We extend their study in the context of Singapore using a longitudinal design.…”

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Living arrangements of community-dwelling older Singaporeans: predictors and consequences

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In this paper, we examine predictors and consequences of living arrangements among community-dwelling older Singaporeans. We take a holistic approach and consider a range of social and economic as well as emotional and physical wellbeing indicators. Two waves (2009, 2011) of the Panel on Health and Ageing of Singaporean Elderly (PHASE) are analysed to (a) provide an overview of living arrangements in 2009 and assess the extent to which living arrangements change by 2011; (b) examine the predictors of living arrangements in 2009; and (c) examine the consequences of living arrangements over a two-year period. The majority (88%) of older Singaporeans co-reside with either their spouse and/or children. A small yet growing proportion live with others (5%) or live alone (6%). Very little change in living arrangements is observed over the two years. Our results show that women, the oldest-old and older adults with fewer children are more likely to live alone. Older adults who live alone are not particularly disadvantaged compared to those who live with their spouse and children or spouse only in their social and economic wellbeing. It is, in fact, older adults who live with their children that are disadvantaged in many aspects of social, economic and mental wellbeing. Measures to engage older adults living with their families (along with those living alone and with others) in broader social activities are imperative.

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“…Within the limited space we had in this section, we could only refer to a handful of gerontologyrelated research studies in Vietnam. In the future study, some other relevant works will be properly presented and discussed such as Hoi, Thang & Lindholm, 2011;McCann et al, 2004;Teerawichitchainan, Knodel & Pothisiri, 2015;Teerawichitchainan, Pothisiri & Long, 2015; Vietnam Ministry of Health, 2017 etc.…”

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Anthropological Observations on Vietnamese Older Adults, Questions to be Asked and Gerontology-Related Research in Vietnam

Gezgin¹

2018

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The current author is a social science researcher living in Vietnam for nearly a decade. Before developing a field work framework to do research about Vietnamese older adults, we start with the author's everyday life observations without any reference to a scholarly source. Although the author penned a number of books and articles on Vietnam, these references are intentionally removed for a lively, everyday life account. These observations, we guess will convince the readers that Vietnamese older adults worth studying from an anthropo-gerontological perspective: Vietnamese old people are respected in the society; old age is not associated with sickness or problem; the meaning of old age is different also because of circular view of life and death etc. The tentative questions for interviews follow these observations. Finally relevant academic research about Vietnamese older adults is reviewed to compare the observations with academic knowledge. Keywords: Vietnamese older adults • anthropo-gerontology • family values • circular life and death narratives • and the interpretations of old age Vietnamlı Yaşlılarla İlgili Antropolojik Gözlemler, Sorulacak Sorular ve Vietnam'da Gerontolojiyle İlişkili Araştırmalar Özet Bu metnin yazarı yaklaşık on yıldır Vietnam'da yaşamakta olan bir sosyal bilim araştırmacısıdır. Vietnamlı yaşlılarla araştırma yapmak üzere bir alan çalışması çerçevesi geliştirmeden önce, herhangi bir akademik kaynağa başvurmaksızın yazarın günlük yaşamla ilgili gözlemleriyle başlıyoruz. Yazar, Vietnam üstüne kitaplar ve makaleler yazmış olsa da, bu kaynaklara, gözlemlerin daha canlı ve günlük olmasını sağlamak amacıyla bilinçli olarak yer verilmedi. Bu gözlemlerin, okuru, Vietnamlı yaşlıların antropo-gerontolojik bir bakış açısıyla incelenmeye değer olduğuna ikna edeceğini tahmin ediyoruz: Vietnamlı yaşlılar toplumda saygı görüyor; yaşlılık, hastalık ve sorunla ilişkilendirilmiyor; yaşam ve ölüme yönelik döngüsel bakış nedeniyle de ileri yaşın anlamı farklı vb. Bu gözlemleri şimdilik son şekli verilmemiş olan görüşme soruları izliyor. Son olarak, Vietnamlı yaşlılarla ilgili gözlemleri akademik bilgiyle karşılaştırmak üzere, konuya ilişkin akademik çalışmalar gözden geçiriliyor. Anahtar Kelimeler: Vietnamlı yaşlılar •antropo-gerontoloji • aile değerleri• Döngüsel ölüm ve yaşam anlatıları ve ileri yaşa ilişkin yorumlar.

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What does living alone really mean for older persons? A comparative study of Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand

Cited by 45 publications

References 25 publications

Health Status and Health Facility Utilization of Community-Dwelling Elderly Living Alone in the Philippines: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Health Status and Health Facility Utilization of Community-Dwelling Elderly Living Alone in the Philippines: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Living arrangements of community-dwelling older Singaporeans: predictors and consequences

Anthropological Observations on Vietnamese Older Adults, Questions to be Asked and Gerontology-Related Research in Vietnam

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