Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China
Author | : Lin Chen |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2016-04-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137544407 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137544406 |
Rating | : 4/5 (406 Downloads) |
Download or read book Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China written by Lin Chen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.