| Autor: |
MOHAMAD, NURHAYATI, ALAVI, KHADIJAH, MOHAMAD, MOHD SUHAIMI, MOHAMAD AUN, NUR SAADAH |
| Zdroj: |
Akademika; 2017, Vol. 87 Issue 1, p65-74, 10p |
| Abstrakt: |
Intergenerational social support between adult children and elderly parents is a phenomenon that is becoming a challenge for Malaysian families, particularly with an increase in the elderly population. The purpose of this article is to assess the intergenerational social support received by the elderly living in public care institutions. The sample consisted of ten elderly respondents recruited through purposive sampling from one of the Rumah Seri Kenangan that provides shelter and basic care for the elderly. Thematic analysis was used to arrive at pragmatic findings. Results revealed that the elderly in this care institution received less intergenerational social support from the children or next of kin. The majority reports their relationship with children and next of kin to be more distant and even lost contact with them after moving into institutions. This article proposes that the items in the family dimension in Lubben scale were appropriate to be used for measuring quantitatively the receipt of intergenerational social support among elderly living in a care institution. The quantitative measurements using family sub-scale allows researchers to do research on a larger sample sizes. At the same time inferential analysis can be carried out and the results can be generalized to all members of the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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