Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China

Two Generations, One Decision

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Social Policy, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Lin Chen ISBN: 9781137544407
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: April 11, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Lin Chen
ISBN: 9781137544407
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: April 11, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

With an increasing number of elders moving into nursing homes, the shift from family to nursing home care calls for an exploration of caregiving decision-making in urban China. This study examines how a rapidly growing aging population, the one-child policy, and economic reform in urban China pose unprecedented challenges to the country’s ingrained tradition of family caregiving. It presents interviews of matched elders and their children from a government-sponsored nursing home in Shanghai and analyzes the decision-making process of institutionalization. This book offers fresh insight into the evolving culture and arrangements of caregiving in contemporary Chinese society, illuminating the diverse needs for long-term care of Chinese elders–the world’s largest aging population–in the coming decades.

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With an increasing number of elders moving into nursing homes, the shift from family to nursing home care calls for an exploration of caregiving decision-making in urban China. This study examines how a rapidly growing aging population, the one-child policy, and economic reform in urban China pose unprecedented challenges to the country’s ingrained tradition of family caregiving. It presents interviews of matched elders and their children from a government-sponsored nursing home in Shanghai and analyzes the decision-making process of institutionalization. This book offers fresh insight into the evolving culture and arrangements of caregiving in contemporary Chinese society, illuminating the diverse needs for long-term care of Chinese elders–the world’s largest aging population–in the coming decades.

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