Migrant Interactions With Elderly Parents In Rural Cambodia And Thailand

Introduction1

Discussion1

Summation1

About Article1

Purpose Of Research2

New Ideas Of Research That Are Contributing To This Field2

Importance Of The Research3

Conclusion3

Author Opinion4

Theoretical Perspective Of The Article4

Method6

Results And Comparative Analysis9

Are older adults in rural areas being abandoned by their children?10

What are the characteristics of migrating children?10

Do interactions with parents in rural areas differ by residential proximity?10

Conclusion11

References13

Migrant Interactions With Elderly Parents In Rural Cambodia And Thailand

Introduction

(Zimmer et.al., 2008) This paper gives an overview of a journal article “Migrant interactions with elderly parents in rural Cambodia and Thailand). This paper includes topics like summary, theory, method, comparison and conclusion or results of the research. This paper is selected in order to discuss the interactions between older adults and adult children residing in Thailand and Cambodia. The main points of this review are: about article, purpose of research, ideas of article, new ideas, importance of author's findings, results regarding research and opinion of the author (Zimmer et.al., 2007).

Discussion

Summation

About Article

This article is based on the research of the interactions of adult children with their older adults in the rural areas of Asia. According to research, the lifestyle of older adults is changing because of the migration of adult children to the developed counties. Migration of adult children has enforced difficulty in the survival of older adults (Zimmer et.al., 2007). The rise of difficulty in the survival of older adults is because of the lack of emotional and tangible support. Migration of adult children has disturbed the family-based support system of the rural areas of Asia. Due to the increment in the population of the older adults, older people are facing the absence of aging support schemes like pension (Zimmer et.al., 2007). Due to inadequate financial and physical support of family-based systems, older people are going through the hardships of life.

Purpose Of Research

In Asian society, the old tradition of supporting older adults economically and emotionally is almost ending up. In order to analyze the reasons and factors behind the abandonment of older adults by adult children, author made research (Zimmer et.al., 2007). Author also described the factors that are responsible for this neglecting and abandoning attitude of adult children towards their older adults. The theme and idea of the article is to know that are older adults being neglected by their migrated adult children in rural areas of Asia? Another theme of the article is that interaction of adult children with their older parents differs from their residential area? Another theme of the article is that what are those factors that led to abandonment of older adults from adult children? (Zimmer et.al., 2007).

New Ideas Of Research That Are Contributing To This Field

In the article a new idea for research if mentioned that is based on the constant altruism theories. This idea tells that the adult children are responsible to take care of their parents and other family burdens. Due to the inadequate economic and financial support, adult children migrate in developed countries in order to earn some sufficient money and to gain ...