title: Seeking "a place where one belongs": elderly Korean immigrant women using day care services in Japan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study examined the subjective life experiences of elderly first-generation Korean women living in Japan and investigated their adjustment to the local Japanese community.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study group comprised 14 elderly Korean women residents at a Korean-oriented, insurance-based, day services center in midwestern Japan. They were interviewed in depth, and the data were analyzed using the modified grounded theory approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study designated the core category as "conservation of ethnic identity" and identified five subcategories: (a) loneliness, (b) returning to one's homeland culture, (c) physical decline as a result of aging, (d) family ties, and (e) a place where one belongs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results elucidated that although the participants had adapted to Japanese culture, they were strongly influenced by the memories of their hometowns and wished to return to their homeland.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study suggests that elderly immigrants need day care support that provides an environment where they can enjoy their culture.
authors.affiliation: University of KinDAI Himeji, Himeji, Japan. kunsun_ri@kindaihimeji-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kumsun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Lourdes R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Herrera C
authors.forename: Setsuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yasuhide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000523:psychology*; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007564:Japan; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008132:Loneliness; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D016387:Women's Health