Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
J Psychol. 2012 Jan-Apr;146(1-2):189-200. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2011.574169.
The arrangement in which frail older adults from the developed world are cared for in their homes by individuals from the developing world has become increasingly prevalent worldwide. In Israel, this arrangement is termed foreign home care. In this article, the authors first describe the global phenomenon of foreign home care of frail older adults as well as the more local characteristics of this arrangement in Israel. The authors then describe the concept of loneliness. Based on empirical and theoretical knowledge in the field of loneliness, the authors argue that older adults under live-in foreign home care may be particularly prone to feelings of loneliness for several reasons: some that are general to older adults with cognitive or physical disability and others that are specific to this particular caregiving arrangement. The authors conclude by providing ideas for future practice and research on this highly vulnerable group that, to date, has received only minimal research attention.
来自发达国家的体弱老年人在其家中由发展中国家的个人照顾的安排在全球范围内变得越来越普遍。在以色列，这种安排被称为外国家庭护理。在本文中，作者首先描述了体弱老年人的外国家庭护理这一全球现象，以及这种安排在以色列的更局部特征。作者随后描述了孤独的概念。基于孤独领域的实证和理论知识，作者认为，由于以下几个原因，接受住家外国家庭护理的老年人可能特别容易感到孤独：一些是认知或身体残疾的老年人普遍存在的原因，另一些则是特定于这种特殊护理安排的原因。作者最后提出了针对这一高度脆弱群体的未来实践和研究的想法，迄今为止，该群体只受到了很少的研究关注。
