Date of Publication

2009

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Health Social Science

Subject Categories

Public Health

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Behavioral Sciences

Thesis Adviser

Dennis S. Erasga

Defense Panel Chair

Jesusa M. Marco

Defense Panel Member

Ma. Teresa G. de Guzman
Alicia B. Manlagnit

Abstract/Summary

Elderly living under the same roof with their married children is not strange to Filipino family, particularly, the Ilocano families. Yet, studies in understanding the health and well-being of the elderly in the context of intergenerational co residence is scant. Hence, this study examined how the elderly's notion of health and well-being is influenced by their aging experiences as complexed by intergenerational co-residence. The study utilized qualitative in depth interviews to purposively chosen elderly (5 men and 5 women) from the municipality of Bacnotan, La Union. The study revealed that the elderly's notion of health and well-being is the confluence of the elderly's aging-related experiences, intergenerational coresidence and family dynamics. The physical and mental aspect of aging has domino effect on the economic security and social relations of the elderly. This is truer within the context of the intergenerational co-residence where needs and demands are high and relationships are very vulnerable. Intergenerational co-residence positioned the elderly into a series of instrumental, economic and emotional exchanges. These exchanges are reciprocal in nature in that the elderly is both at the benefiting and losing end. Intergenerational co-residence creates a situation where elderly are forced to extend instrumental support, burdened by household labor, competing demand for limited resources, renewed dependency of co-residents, and conflicts which presses the elderly's relationship with their co-residents. On the other hand, intergenerational co-residence facilitates the ability of the elderly in adapting to the ageing process as it promotes the provision of instrumental support like household chores and health care and emotional support such as companionship and security in old age.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Accession Number

CDTG004667

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

viii, 135 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Elderly people; Older people; Older people--Social conditions

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