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TY  _  JOUR
ID  -  1401012836651
TI  -  The Issue of Iranian Older Women Living Alone:  Case Study in Tehran and Alborz Provinces
JO  -  Research of deviance and social problems
JA  -  ES
LA  -  fa
SN  -  3060-821X
AU  -  mousavi mirtaher
AU  -  Maarefvand Masoomeh
AU  -  rahnama komamardakhi maryam
AU  -  maarefvand laleh
AD  -  گروه آموزشی مددکاری اجتماعی، دانشگاه علوم توانبخشی و سلامت اجتماعی، تهران، ایران
AD  -  دانشگاه علوم توانبخشی و سلامت اجتماعی
AD  -  دانشجوی دکتری مددکاری اجتماعی، دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی
AD  -  پژوهشگر آزاد
Y1  -  2022
PY  -  2022
VL  -  2
IS  -  
SP  -  77
EP  -  108
KW  -  Older Women
KW  -   Living Alone
KW  -   Iran
KW  -   Policy Recommendations.  
DO  -  
N2  -  Older Women Living Alone (OWLA) are one of the most vulnerable groups due to the circumstances of the society and it is necessary to plan a specific program to support them. No specific program to support OWLA has been designed and implemented in Iran and for this purpose it is necessary to assess and prioritize the needs of this group. In this study semi-structured interviews with experts, policy-makers, and managers and OWLA were conducted and their contents were analyzed. Targeted-sampling and snowball-sampling was performed in Tehran and Alborz provinces and continued until saturation was achieved. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded in three steps and the categories and subcategories were obtained. The most important reason for living-alone among elderly-women is the death of their spouse and marriage of their children. In order to be independent, they try to manage their finances by saving, while at the same time take care of their health, are treated for their illnesses. Many of them don't want to remarry in old-age. Relocation due to home sales in old age means that in many cases their communication network is limited to their children and families and social participation is limited among them. The communication with family-members, care, independency, financial support, social-interaction and social-participation, security and a sense of security, geographical access to health-care and rehabilitation-services, training and awareness raising, entertainment and leisure appropriate to old-age are issues that need to be addressed in policies and planning related to OWLA. 
UR  - rimag.ir/en/Article/36651
L1  - rimag.ir/en/Article/Download/36651
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