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Evolving eldercare in contemporary China : two generations, one decision /
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 u...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Series in Asian labor and welfare policies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 213 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137544407 1137544406 |