How to Support Health When Aging at a Place Called Second Home?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

How to Support Health When Aging at a Place Called Second Home?

Published:2022-09-28 Issue: Volume: Page:
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Arola Annikki

Abstract

Today, we live in a world where migration is a fact. Due to this, in this context, we have a group of persons who will age in a context that differs from their country of birth. It is important to identify the opportunities and obstacles that these persons face when they age in the context of migration. This chapter will highlight how aging is described and what it means to grow old in a migration context. What makes the life worth living? What creates meaning in everyday life when aging far away from “home”? One way to explore this is to see it from the perspective of health promotion and salutogenesis, where the meaning derives from the sense of coherence.

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IntechOpen

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http://www.intechopen.com/download/pdf/80873

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