Kim Bum Jung
School of Social Work, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Res Aging. 2014 May;36(3):343-63. doi: 10.1177/0164027513491971. Epub 2013 Jun 6.
The purpose of this study is to examine the direct and indirect effects of Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) and family network on Quality of Life (QOL) for low-income older Korean immigrants in Los Angeles County, CA. A cross-sectional survey of low-income older Korean immigrants who use ADHC programs was conducted. Self-reported measures included sociocultural characteristics, acculturation, cognitive function, family network, utilization of ADHC, and QOL. The study found that for QOL, two variables had only direct effects: years in ADHC and acculturation. Family network was directly associated with QOL and indirectly associated with it through the variable "years in ADHC." Our findings indicate that a strong family network is positively associated with more years of attendance in ADHC, and with higher QOL scores. Thus, policy makers and practitioners should be aware of the positive association among social networks, attendance in ADHC, and higher QOL among low-income older Korean immigrants.
本研究的目的是探讨成人日托保健（ADHC）和家庭网络对加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县低收入韩裔老年移民生活质量（QOL）的直接和间接影响。对使用ADHC项目的低收入韩裔老年移民进行了横断面调查。自我报告的测量指标包括社会文化特征、文化适应、认知功能、家庭网络、ADHC的使用情况以及生活质量。研究发现，对于生活质量而言，有两个变量仅具有直接影响：参加ADHC的年限和文化适应。家庭网络与生活质量直接相关，并通过“参加ADHC的年限”这一变量与之间接相关。我们的研究结果表明，强大的家庭网络与参加ADHC的年限更长以及更高的生活质量得分呈正相关。因此，政策制定者和从业者应意识到社会网络、参加ADHC以及低收入韩裔老年移民更高生活质量之间的正相关关系。
