E-Book, Englisch, 213 Seiten
Reihe: Social Sciences
Chen Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-54440-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Two Generations, One Decision
E-Book, Englisch, 213 Seiten
Reihe: Social Sciences
ISBN: 978-1-137-54440-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.
Lin Chen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at Fudan University, China.
