在中年和晚年成年期的无子女和预先照顾计划:新加坡的一项混合方法研究
Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan1, Dahye Kim2, Pearlyn Neo Hui Min3
1Department of Sociology and Anthropology/Centre for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|March 3, 2026
概括
预先护理计划 (ACP) 对于终身护理至关重要. 新加坡的无子女老年人比父母更多地参与ACP,特别是女性,但整体规划仍然适度,突出了护理规划的障碍.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 提前护理计划 (ACP) 对于高质量的终身护理至关重要.
- 关于非洲和非洲的研究忽视了越来越多的无子女老年人.
- 新加坡的快速老龄化社会是世界上无子女率最高的国家之一.
研究的目的:
- 检查新加坡50岁以上无子女成年人中ACP的做法和看法.
- 调查非儿童成年人与家长之间在非洲与非洲的参与度上的差异.
- 在无子女的老年人中发现ACP的障碍和促进者.
主要方法:
- 混合方法方法结合全国调查数据 (N=1,500) 和深度访谈 (N=26).
- 对正式的ACP (文件),非正式的ACP (讨论) 和双边的ACP (两者) 的分析.
- 探索与终身规划相关的动机,感知和障碍.
主要成果:
- 没有孩子的成年人,特别是妇女,表现出比家长更高的ACP参与度,这通常是由于过去的照顾经验.
- 没有孩子的男性比没有孩子的女性不太可能计划生育,可能是由于社会因素和网络较弱.
- 总体而言,在新加坡的ACP参与是温和的,定性数据显示了关系解释和重大障碍.
结论:
- 全球无子女人数正在上升,使得针对这一人口群体的非洲和非洲国家和地区研究日益重要.
- 对于无子女的老年人来说,ACP的障碍包括代理人任命的困难和成本误解.
- 加强包容性,以人为中心的规划需要解决这些障碍,并为所有老年人提供社会支持,无论亲属是否可用.
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