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KMID : 0613620180380020316
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Health Social Welfare Review
2018 Volume.38 No. 2 p.316 ~ p.349
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A Qualitative Case Study of Recovery from Gambling Addiction in the Elderly: Focus on Casino Gambling Addicts in Recovery
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Kang Jun-Hyeok
Joo Wan-Tae
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to explore the recovery experience of the elderly gamblers. A total of five cases were selected through reputational case selection and data were collected through one-to-one in-depth interview. The collected data were analyzed by the case study method proposed by Creswell (2013). First, we attempted ‘within-case analysis’ according to the research procedure. This revealed the context of the recovery experience of the gambling addicts. Second, a total of 13 integrated cross-case topics were extracted from cross-case analyses. As a result of the analysis, elderly gamblers started to stop gambling through disillusionment and death anxiety and conflicted in the process of recovery due to the loneliness, the regret of the years, the anxious aging, the old body, the joyfulness, and the temptation of life gambling. However, they were escaping from gambling addiction by constructing a new life-world, overcoming everyday obstacles, self-reflection through others, alternative activities, and having simple dreams and hope creation. Based on these findings, the researchers suggested the development and application of recovery programs that reflect the need for opportunity to reflect death, increase access to services, provision of jobs for senior citizens, and generation of recovery environment.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Gambling, Addiction, Recovery, Case Study
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