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It is part of your life until you die: older refugees in Australia
Author(s) -
Hugman Richard,
Bartolomei Linda,
Pittaway Eileen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2004.00037.x
Subject(s) - refugee , focus group , perspective (graphical) , older people , qualitative research , gerontology , forced migration , perception , psychology , political science , sociology , medicine , social science , law , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , anthropology , computer science
Objective: To explore perceptions of the issues facing older refugees, from the perspective of older refugees themselves and from workers in their communities who assist them.Method: A qualitative approach, consisting of five focus groups with older refugees, and 10 interviews and one focus group with community workers.Results: The impact of being a refugee can be seen in the effects of trauma and of forced migration on the experience of growing old.Conclusion: Older refugees have a sense of ‘ageing in the wrong place’, to which policy and practice need to respond.