TY - JOUR
T1 - Vietnamese Adult-Child and Spousal Caregivers of Older Adults in Houston, Texas
T2 - Results from the Vietnamese Aging and Care Survey (VACS)
AU - Miyawaki, Christina E.
AU - Chen, Nai Wei
AU - Meyer, Oanh L.
AU - Tran, Mindy Thy
AU - Markides, Kyriakos S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/2/17
Y1 - 2020/2/17
N2 - Vietnamese are the largest Asian ethnic group in Houston, Texas; however, research on this population is scarce. To address this dearth of knowledge, we developed the Vietnamese Aging and Care Survey. The objective of the study was to explore the sociodemographic and health characteristics of Vietnamese adults aged 65 years and older (n = 132) and their family caregivers (n = 64). Adult-child caregivers (n = 41) were aged between 21 and 65 years old. The majority were married, working, female, and in good to excellent health. Spousal caregivers (n = 23) were between 57 and 82 years old, retired, female, and in fair to good health. Adult children received more caregiving-related help from others compared to spousal caregivers; however, they felt more caregiver burden, had more perceived stress, and were in challenging relationships with care recipients. Differences in life stages of adult-child versus spousal caregivers may contribute to these results. Implications are discussed.
AB - Vietnamese are the largest Asian ethnic group in Houston, Texas; however, research on this population is scarce. To address this dearth of knowledge, we developed the Vietnamese Aging and Care Survey. The objective of the study was to explore the sociodemographic and health characteristics of Vietnamese adults aged 65 years and older (n = 132) and their family caregivers (n = 64). Adult-child caregivers (n = 41) were aged between 21 and 65 years old. The majority were married, working, female, and in good to excellent health. Spousal caregivers (n = 23) were between 57 and 82 years old, retired, female, and in fair to good health. Adult children received more caregiving-related help from others compared to spousal caregivers; however, they felt more caregiver burden, had more perceived stress, and were in challenging relationships with care recipients. Differences in life stages of adult-child versus spousal caregivers may contribute to these results. Implications are discussed.
KW - Vietnamese
KW - adult children
KW - caregiver
KW - filial piety
KW - spousal caregiver
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U2 - 10.1080/01634372.2019.1707735
DO - 10.1080/01634372.2019.1707735
M3 - Article
C2 - 31900089
AN - SCOPUS:85078624924
SN - 0163-4372
VL - 63
SP - 5
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
JF - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
IS - 1-2
ER -