Hvilke ønsker har eldre med ikke-vestlig minoritetsbakgrunn for sin alderdom i Norge?
Authors: Johannessen Berit , Hallandvik Jan Erik , Steen June Jacobsen 
Published: October 2015

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="hps"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">This article</span></em></span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US"> <span class="hps">is based</span> <span class="hps">on a qualitative</span> <span class="hps">study with interviews</span> <span class="hps">of ten</span> <span class="hps">elderly people with</span> <span class="hps">ethnic</span> <span class="hps">minority</span> <span class="hps">backgrounds.</span> <span class="hps">The purpose</span> <span class="hps">is to</span> <span class="hps">present what the elderly think and wish for their old age</span> <span class="hps">in Norway.</span></span></em></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span class="hps"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></em></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="hps"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US">Our study</span></em></span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US"> <span class="hps">shows that</span> <span class="hps">the informants'</span> <span class="hps">wishes for</span> <span class="hps">an old age</span> <span class="hps">in Norway</span> <span class="hps">are largely</span> <span class="hps">related to contact</span> <span class="hps">with their</span> <span class="hps">family and others</span> <span class="hps">from the same cultural</span> <span class="hps">background as themselves</span>. <span class="hps">But they</span> <span class="hps">also recognize that</span> <span class="hps">their</span> <span class="hps">collectivist</span> <span class="hps">family traditions</span> <span class="hps">changed in an</span> <span class="hps">individualistic</span> <span class="hps">direction and</span> <span class="hps">adapted to</span> <span class="hps">the values of</span> <span class="hps">the Norwegian majority</span> <span class="hps">culture.</span> <span class="hps">They</span> <span class="hps">stated that</span> <span class="hps">the Norwegian welfare state</span> <span class="hps">gives them</span> <span class="hps">a high degree</span> <span class="hps">of confidence,</span> <span class="hps">and they have</span> <span class="hps">an overriding</span> <span class="hps">desire to be</span> <span class="hps">integrated.</span> <span class="hps">It also means that</span> <span class="hps">the cultural</span> <span class="hps">competence of</span> <span class="hps">health workers in</span> <span class="hps">the public health service</span> <span class="hps">must be increased.</span> <span class="hps">There is no</span> <span class="hps">simple</span> <span class="hps">answer to</span> <span class="hps">the challenges we</span> <span class="hps">are faced</span> <span class="hps">with an increasing</span> <span class="hps">number of elderly people</span> <span class="hps">from ethnic minorities</span>, <span class="hps">but the Norwegian</span> <span class="hps">health policy makers</span> <span class="hps">can build on</span> <span class="hps">their wishes</span> <span class="hps">and use them</span> <span class="hps">in planning</span> <span class="hps">future</span> <span class="hps">care of the elderly</span>, <span class="hps">which measures</span> <span class="hps">the borderline</span> <span class="hps">between family</span> <span class="hps">care and public</span> <span class="hps">care may be</span> <span class="hps">applicable.</span> </span></em></span></span></p>