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Enforcing family care obligations for the elderly in China through mediation
- Authors:
- LEUNG Joe C.B., LAM Debbie O.B.
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 10(1), March 2000, pp.77-89.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
Demographic and social changes are challenging the capacity and willingness of the Chinese traditional virtue of adult children providing financial and social support for their aged parents. Because of the underdevelopment of formal social services in China, the Chinese Government has to rely on legislation and neighbourhood-based mediation service to enforce family care obligations. Describes the operation of the service and assesses its effectiveness in practice.
Relationship between adherence to tradition and depression in Chinese elders in China
- Authors:
- MJELDE-MOSSEY L. A., CHI I., LOU V.W.Q.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 10(1), January 2006, pp.19-26.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study examined the relationship between adherence to tradition and depression in a sample of 1,502 Chinese elders living in the People's Republic of China. In Chinese traditional culture, an elder's purpose, meaning and self-worth are derived, in large, from their social roles within the family and community. As the traditional culture declines so do these familiar roles, supports, and ways of coping. This constitutes a major loss which can have a variety of psychosocial consequences, one of which could be depression. The elders in our study responded to a nine-item measure of traditional mutual aid and intergenerational exchange. Depression was measured by the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Regression analysis found a significant and negative relationship between tradition and depression which suggests that adherence to tradition may have protective benefits. These findings have application with elders in China as well as with those who are immigrants to other societies.
Productive ageing in China: development of concepts and policy practice
- Authors:
- PENG Du, WANG Fei
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 38(1), 2013, pp.4-14.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
A growing ageing population in China is becoming an issue. This paper summarises the development of the concept of productive ageing in Chinese history and its components. It proposes that this framework includes not only political and social participation of older adults but also their contributions within their families. It asserts that older adults are the most important part of productive ageing, as both the agents and beneficiaries, in achieving the goal of harmonious development of individual and social values (Edited publisher abstract)
Family relations and life satisfaction of older people: a comparative study between two different hukous in China
- Author:
- YUNONG Huang
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 32(1), January 2012, pp.19-40.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study investigated the relationships between family relations and life satisfaction between the two groups of older people with different hukous (‘class system' residency permits) in Putian, China. Five domains were explored: family support network; satisfaction with family support; family harmony; filial support; and filial discrepancy. A total of 532 questionnaires, 263 from agricultural hukous and 269 from non-agricultural hukous, were included. Analyses revealed that the five factors were correlated significantly with life satisfaction for both groups of older people. When controlling for socio-demographic variables, filial support was associated with life satisfaction for both groups of older people; satisfaction with family support and filial discrepancy was only associated with life satisfaction among older people with agricultural hukous. Family harmony only contributed to explaining life satisfaction among older people with non-agricultural hukous. The policy and practice implications of the study are presented in the context of China's social and economic changes.
Family support and elderly well-being in China: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal study
- Author:
- LaFAVE Daniel
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 42(2), 2017, pp.142-158.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Rapid demographic change, economic growth, and evolving social norms have put increasing pressure on the traditional system of filial piety and family-based eldercare in China. This paper examines the current role of intergenerational transfers in providing old-age support using nationally representative data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. The analysis explores varied modes of care that exist in rural and urban areas, as well as the role of internal migration in influencing methods of old-age support. The results paint a rich description of the contemporary dynamics between filial obligations and economic development. (Publisher abstract)
Deciding to institutionalize: caregiving crisis, intergenerational communication, and uncertainty management for elders and their children in Shanghai
- Author:
- CHEN Lin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 58(2), 2015, pp.128-148.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This phenomenological study integrated crisis theory, social identity theory, and uncertainty management theory to conceptualise the decision-making process around institutionalisation among nursing home residents and their children in Shanghai. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 dyads of matched elders and their children (N = 24). The findings suggest that caregiving crises triggered intergenerational communication about caregiving alternatives and new arrangements, although each generation had different stances and motivations. Children finalised the decision by helping their parents to manage the uncertainties pertaining to institutionalisation. This study sheds light on caregiving decision-making dynamics for the increasing ageing population across cultures. (Edited publisher abstract)
Comparative framework for care regime analysis in East Asia
- Authors:
- SOMA Naoko, YAMASHITA Junko, CHAN Raymond K. H.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, 27(2), June 2011, pp.111-121.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper provides an introduction to this journal special issue which focuses on the changing care regimes for children and older people in the East Asian societies of China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As a result of dramatic changes in family structures and behaviours in each society, determining the best methods of providing social care services to older people and children has recently become a focus of attention. Each paper in this special issue focuses on one of the societies, addressing the impact of demographic trends on the care regimes. A concluding paper then highlights the similarities and differences among these societies. The purpose of this introductory chapter is to map the demographic shifts and the changing profile of the family in each society, and to present a framework for the analysis of the provision and financing of both elder and child care.
Attitudes to ageing and expectations for filial piety across Chinese and British cultures: a pilot exploratory evaluation
- Authors:
- LAIDLOW Ken, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 14(3), April 2010, pp.283-292.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Filial piety is a central theme in Asian culture and is seen as care for one's parents as part of a traditional concept of Confucianism. Older people may hold strong expectations for filial piety from their children. Attitudes towards the experience of ageing may be influenced by how far one perceives these expectations to be met. This study investigated expectation for filial piety and attitudes to ageing in 3 different cultural groups: 32 elderly Chinese immigrants living in Scotland; 78 Chinese older people living in Beijing; and 20 Scottish older people living in Scotland. The study used a cross-sectional analysis design in which the participants completed questionnaires on attitudes to aging, filial piety, and depression. The results demonstrated significant differences between the 3 cultural groups on a standardised measure of attitudes to ageing on psychosocial loss, and physical change, domains of attitudes to ageing. With expectations for filial piety, the UK-born participants evidenced lower expectations than the 2 Chinese groups, who were very similar in their levels of expectation. The article concludes that overall an interesting pattern of results emerged suggesting that both Chinese groups remain invested in the concept of filial piety, whereas the UK sample was not. In contrast, however, the Chinese immigrants and the UK participants were more similar in reporting attitudes to ageing than the Chinese participants who were more likely to endorse a loss-deficit view of ageing.