Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics
Volume 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-202
What should recreational professionals do when providing services to elderly immigrants (Article)
Kim J.* ,
Park J.S. ,
Heo J.
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College of Health and Human Development, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States
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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, United States
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Department of Tourism, Conventions, and Event Management, Indiana UniversityIndianapolis, 901 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Abstract
Many studies address quality of life, life satisfaction, and well-being in later life in the United States. Asian elderly immigrants, however, have been beyond the interest of researchers in the leisure and recreation area for a long time, although there has been a dramatic influx of Asian elderly immigrants to the United States. Leisure participation by Asian elderly immigrants has been threatened by leisure barrierslanguage barrier, lack of support network toward new environment, and collapse of family-oriented relationshipbased on acculturative procedures in a host culture. Accordingly, the goal of this paper is to stress the importance of psychosocial activity among Asian elderly immigrants, and to suggest psychosocial activity as an efficient method for recreational professionals to reduce leisure barriers of elderly immigrants by understanding their cultural values and specific life circumstances. Copyright © 2010 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.
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DOI: 10.3109/02703180903438761
ISSN: 02703181
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English