Perceived Effectiveness of Elder Abuse Interventions in Psychological Distress and the Design of Culturally Adapted Interventions: A Qualitative Study in the Chinese Community in Chicago

Table 5

Strategies to culturally adapt elder abuse interventions in the chinese communities.

Themes	Subthemes	Representative statements
Improve social support	Improve and nurture filial piety	“Parents will feel much better if their children are filial. This is the best way to help seniors. Much better than improving other types of social support. So we need to educate our children and grandchildren and try to avoid family conflicts.”; “Abusive situations can be much improved upon if children are filial. If they respect seniors, they will feel much better. Wouldn’t you say that this is the best way to improve the mental health of victims?”
	Improve peer support	“We can organize more social events and activities for older adults. I think Chinese seniors are often lonely. Especially those who may encounter problems and conflicts at home. If we can get them to go to those support groups, it will help ease their minds.”; “Seniors need to make more friends, especially with those who are currently undergoing similar issues. We need to get Chinese victims all together, like having them go to the same group discussion in community centers after some sort of painting classes or tai-chi classes.”
Provide financial independence	Enhance victims’ financial independence	“The U.S. government should be attentive of the social welfare needs of immigrant older adults. I think if abused seniors have more financial means, or financially more stable, they may not need to depend on the abusers at all, which will help improve their independence.”
Research	Provide education through research and workshops	“We need to organize more educational workshops and group activities. It will be helpful if seniors are educated and informed of the benefits to interventions.”; “We need more research and health surveys that gather comprehensive health information of seniors. We will be able to document the health and well-being of seniors this way and reach out to those who need the most help from us.”
Religion	Provide victims with religious support	“I believe we can try to help them by increasing their religion involvement. If they have higher religious attendance, they may be able to get more social support as well.”