Department of Social Welfare, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea.
Health Soc Care Community. 2022 Nov;30(6):e4885-e4893. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13901. Epub 2022 Jul 3.
Due to cultural influences, people from some ethnic minority groups expect to provide caregiving for their family members who suffer from illness. Little is known about the expectations about caregiving and the help-seeking process among the Korean population in Canada. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine perceptions of caregiving for people living with dementia and help-seeking patterns among prospective Korean caregivers who anticipate becoming primary caregivers of their older relatives with dementia. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted in Montreal, Canada. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine prospective Korean caregivers. The interviews were analysed using a qualitative thematic analysis. This study found four emerging themes: (1) the importance of family care; (2) the ability to find resources outside of the family; (3) the roles of Korean churches as a support system and; (4) the perceptions of service providers and health care settings. The findings of this study suggest that linguistic support services enable family caregivers to access more health and social services. Resources may be more easily accessed by Korean communities when provided through churches.
由于文化的影响，一些少数民族群体的人期望为患病的家庭成员提供照顾。关于加拿大韩裔人群的照顾期望和寻求帮助的过程知之甚少。因此，本研究的目的是探讨对患有痴呆症的人的照顾认知以及预期成为其有痴呆症的老年亲属的主要照顾者的潜在韩国照顾者的寻求帮助模式。在加拿大的蒙特利尔进行了一项探索性定性研究。对九名潜在的韩国照顾者进行了深入的半结构化访谈。使用定性主题分析对访谈进行了分析。本研究发现了四个新出现的主题：（1）家庭护理的重要性；（2）在家庭之外寻找资源的能力；（3）韩国教堂作为支持系统的作用；（4）服务提供者和医疗保健机构的看法。本研究的结果表明，语言支持服务使家庭照顾者能够获得更多的健康和社会服务。当通过教堂提供资源时，韩国社区可能更容易获得资源。
