Moving backwards, moving forward: the experiences of older Filipino migrants adjusting to life in New Zealand

Jed Montayre; Stephen Neville; Eleanor Holroyd

doi:10.1080/17482631.2017.1347011

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Moving backwards, moving forward: the experiences of older Filipino migrants adjusting to life in New Zealand

Jed Montayre, Stephen Neville and Eleanor Holroyd

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, Vol.12(1), pp.1-8

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2017.1347011

PMID: 28705087

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Abstract

adjustment

Filipinos

life experiences

New Zealand

Older migrants

qualitative

Purpose: To explore the experiences of older Filipino migrants adjusting to living permanently in New Zealand. Method: The qualitative descriptive approach taken in this study involved 17 individual face-to-face interviews of older Filipino migrants in New Zealand. Results: Three main themes emerged from the data. The first theme was "moving backwards and moving forward", which described how these older Filipino migrants adjusted to challenges they experienced with migration. The second theme was "engaging with health services" and presented challenges relating to the New Zealand healthcare system, including a lack of knowledge of the nature of health services, language barriers, and differences in cultural views. The third theme, "new-found home", highlighted establishing a Filipino identity in New Zealand and adjusting to the challenges of relocation. Conclusion: Adjustment to life in New Zealand for these older Filipino migrants meant starting over again by building new values through learning the basics and then moving forward from there.

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Title: Moving backwards, moving forward: the experiences of older Filipino migrants adjusting to life in New Zealand
Authors: Jed Montayre (Corresponding Author) - Auckland University of Technology
Stephen Neville - Auckland University of Technology
Eleanor Holroyd - The University of Melbourne
Publication details: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, Vol.12(1), pp.1-8
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2017.1347011
ISSN: 1748-2631; 1748-2623
PMID: 28705087
Copyright note: © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: Healthy Ageing Research Cluster; School of Health - Nursing
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991110938702621
Output Type: Journal article

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