This study investigated a sample of Korean elderly in the New York City area who migrated to the United States largely within the past ten years. The study focused on living arrangements of Korean elders, on the pattern of help between adult children and aging parents, and the use of formal services by Korean elderly. / Among major findings, the sample respondents expressed a strong preference for living apart from adult children who had brought them to the United States, mirroring a pattern of intergenerational living arrangements more characteristic of the United States than Korea. Help between generations was reciprocal but a substantial proportion of Koreans turn increasingly to formal agencies for help in time of illness, for income maintenance, housing assistance, and transportation, to supplement help from family and friends. As may be expected, a lack of bilingual communication skills on the part of Korean elders and service providers created a barrier to the use of essential services by older Koreans. Additionally, Korean elders' feeling of stigma in seeking assistance from sources outside families and an insensitive environment of service delivery agencies created a further barrier to the use of needed services. To remove the existing barriers and to improve the delivery of services, the majority of respondents suggested hiring of bilingual and bicultural staffs by traditional American agencies to work with Korean elders. They further suggested a multiservice center be organized for Korean elders and that it should be administered by Korean speaking staff to adequately meet the needs of Korean elders. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-07, Section: A, page: 2215. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75144 |
| Contributors | KOH, YANG KON., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 258 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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