Karlin Nancy J, Weil Joyce, Ben Salem Maha
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado , Greeley , USA.
Gerontology Program, University of Northern Colorado , Greeley , USA.
J Gerontol Soc Work. 2019 Jul;62(5):564-577. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2019.1610132. Epub 2019 May 5.
Cultural context plays an important role in the experience of aging. The country of Tunisia is of particular interest because limited studies on aging have been done in the past decade. The study examined data collected from Tunisian older adults in an attempt to gain additional information about their experience aging in this culture. The purpose of this study was to identify key information tied to social policy factors that have the potential to impact older adults living in Tunisia. From June to July 2017, semi-structured interviews were completed with 60 older adults covering topics about family history, daily activities, health and health satisfaction, retirement benefits and satisfaction, medical coverage, social support, service availability, feelings of growing older, as well as advice provided to younger adults. Findings include gender differences in retirement resources and benefits, sources of support, and older adults' self-reported desires for the future. This work adds to the growing body of literature concerning differences in global aging and provides greater awareness of aging in the distinctive context of Tunisia. Additional work should seek to deepen the investigation of the various social policies that impact the Tunisian older adult.
文化背景在老龄化体验中起着重要作用。突尼斯这个国家尤其值得关注，因为在过去十年里，针对老龄化的研究有限。该研究对从突尼斯老年人那里收集的数据进行了分析，试图获取更多有关他们在这种文化中老龄化体验的信息。这项研究的目的是确定与社会政策因素相关的关键信息，这些因素有可能影响生活在突尼斯的老年人。2017年6月至7月，对60名老年人进行了半结构化访谈，访谈内容涵盖家族史、日常活动、健康状况及健康满意度、退休福利及满意度、医疗保险、社会支持、服务可及性、变老的感受，以及给年轻人的建议等话题。研究结果包括退休资源和福利方面的性别差异、支持来源，以及老年人对未来的自我报告期望。这项工作为有关全球老龄化差异的不断增多的文献增添了内容，并提高了人们对突尼斯独特背景下老龄化情况的认识。后续工作应致力于深入调查影响突尼斯老年人的各种社会政策。
