Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China: Two Generations, One Decision

Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China: Two Generations, One Decision
ISBN-10
113754693X
ISBN-13
9781137546937
Category
Social Science
Pages
213
Language
English
Published
2016-04-12
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Author
Lin Chen

Description

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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