著者

金本(遠山) 伊津子

出版者

桃山学院大学総合研究所

雑誌

桃山学院大学総合研究所紀要 = ST. ANDREW'S UNIVERSITY BULLETIN OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ISSN:1346048X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.46, no.3, pp.43-55, 2021-03-22

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This is a diachronic analysis of two quantitative research studies on the aging of Japaneseand Japanese Americans living in Greater New York. All the data in this paper are based on thefirst research study conducted in 2006 and the second conducted in 2018. This paper revealsboth the social transitoriness and the cultural immutability of the Japanese elderly communityin Greater New York.The following is a summary of the findings :(1)a growing Japanese American communitywith US citizenship, higher academic qualification, and better communication competency hasbeen observed.(2)Not only the concerns and anxieties for later lives but also the plans andpreparations for aging are much the same.(3)The elderly are provided with culturally specificcare(with regard to language, food, and concept of care)— even allowed to live with other Japanese people— and the needs of caregivers who can understand Japanese culture are satiated.(4)The allowable range of private expense to hire personal caregivers has been widened.(5)Almost half of those in the community find it difficult to eliminate the possibility of returningto Japan, and some of them have already chosen to migrate back to Japan.Because of the COVID19 pandemic in 2020, the vulnerability of the healthcare system in theUnited States is circumstantially unveiled among certain ethnic groups— particularly the ethnicelderly— who are widely victimized, and their strategy for their later lives may have changed.Additional research is required to find out the interrelationship between aging and culture.