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Living arrangements in old age
— views of elderly and middle aged adults in Korea | | Author(s) | Cheong-Seok Kim, Ka-Oak Rhee |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 1, no 2, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 94-111 |
| Keywords | Living patterns ; Attitude ; Living with family ; Family relationships ; Social surveys ; Korea. |
| Annotation | Focus group discussions with Korean older and middle-aged adults revealed that there were no modal living arrangements considered by adult groups as ideal for themselves in relation to their own children. Transition of living arrangements was closely related to life course events: marriage of children; loss of a spouse for older people; and health deterioration. Of these, health decline appeared to be the most serious and important. While discussions identified a wide range of benefits of co-residence, it also revealed that co-residence was not always harmonious. For the middle-aged, there seems to be a consensus that they are obliged to live with and look after their ageing parents, but cannot expect support in old age from their children. The most frequently cited strains of co-residence were friction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Whilst older people would generally prefer co-residence with the eldest son, some older people desire to live independently for as long as they are physically and financially able. Other factors affecting living arrangements were migration from the rural areas, living conditions in urban areas, and attitudinal changes of the young generation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020125216 A |
| Classmark | K7: DP: KA:SJ: DS:SJ: 3F: 7DK |
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