ABSTRACT

This study uses an interpretive narrative approach to compare and contrast assumptions regarding social integration (participation in meaningful and multiple roles, and engagement in social networks) as promoted in the Chilean Comprehensive Policy for Positive Aging, with the expectations of interviewees aged 60 to 74 years. The Policy assumes specific forms of social integration by: offering different options of social integration to dependent vs. independent older people, encouraging autonomy and self-management, and assuming the primacy of family responsibility in older people’s care. Both the Policy and the interviewees emphasize the value of autonomy and independence in old age; the latter, however, do not place family at the frontline when care is needed. Understanding the matches and gaps between policy assumptions and older people’s expectations for social integration, including the role of family caregiving, can open new possibilities to prevent social isolation and promote different forms of social support that are valued by older adults for their emotional and practical benefit.

摘要

本研究使用解释性叙述方法来比较和对比智利积极老龄化综合政策所提倡的有关社会融合（参与有意义的多重角色，以及参与社交网络）的假设，与 60 至 74 岁的受访者的期望。该政策通过以下方式假设特定的社会融合形式：为依赖和独立的老年人提供不同的社会融合选择，鼓励自主和自我管理，并在老年人护理中承担家庭责任的首要地位。政策和受访者都强调老年自主和独立的价值；然而，后者在需要照顾时不会将家人放在前线。了解政策假设与老年人对社会融合的期望之间的匹配和差距，包括家庭照顾的作用，可以为防止社会孤立和促进不同形式的社会支持开辟新的可能性，这些社会支持受到老年人的情感和实际利益的重视.