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Ageing does not reduce people's need to connect with family members, friends, and acquaintances, and neither does migration. For those older migrants living in a foreign land, connectedness with others plays a particularly important role in achieving a sense of belonging and sustaining their health and well‐being. This paper explores the issues of social isolation and loneliness among older Asian migrants in New Zealand. Data were collected from in‐depth semi‐structured interviews with Chinese‐ or Korean‐speaking migrants aged between 75 and 84 years (n = 10: all females), and from three focus groups consisting of Chinese‐ and Korean‐speaking migrants (n = 10: 7 females, 3 males) and Chinese professionals (n = 5: 3 females, 2 males) between June 2016 and December 2016. The qualitative data obtained were analysed applying a thematic analysis approach using NVivo software for group analysis by a multidisciplinary research team. The findings from the study show that older Asian migrants experienced high levels of isolation and loneliness at least at some points in their migrant lives. Most participants in this study were living alone or with only their spouse, and this living arrangement was likely to provide fertile ground for isolation and loneliness to grow in the context of later‐life migration. It was also observed that their lonely ageing ironically resulted from their efforts to preserve family relationships through avoiding being a burden, while allowing them a sort of space to maintain now barely connected lives. The participants revealed multiple ways of coping with lonely and isolated experiences in their limited social network, and these individual strategies allow us to make suggestions about how best to reduce older migrants' social isolation and loneliness in the New Zealand context and beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Language, culture and not knowing how to access services are barriers to the use of health services for Asian migrants. Asian Smokefree Communities (ASC) pilot-tested a novel Asian-specific service model to address these issues for Asian smokers. Korean- and Chinese-speaking coordinators delivered home-, workplace- or clinic-based interventions to support smokers with cessation and create smoke-free environments with families. A prior planned evaluation investigated the acceptability of the service, quit rates and exposure to second-hand smoke. The methods included analysis of ASC service records, a client satisfaction survey and key informant interviews. Clients were satisfied with factors associated with culture, such as being comfortable when talking to coordinators (88.9%) and family involvement in treatment (79.4%). Appointment attendance was high (97%). The self-reported quit rate for the 93 cessation clients was 72% at 1 month, 53.8 % at 3 months and 40.9 % at 6 months. All homes (100%) were smoke-free after the intervention, an increase of 18% from preintervention levels. The ASC model was acceptable to Asian clients. It helped them stop smoking and increased household protection from second-hand smoke. The model could make an effective contribution to smoke-free services for Asian populations in western countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]