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Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China

Two Generations, One Decision

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Lin Chen

    1. Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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Part of the book series: Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies (Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Lin Chen
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Setting: The Nursing Home and Its Sociocultural Context in Urban China

    • Lin Chen
    Pages 15-39

  4. The Theoretical Lens: Conceptualizing the Decision-Making Process

    • Lin Chen
    Pages 41-57

  5. Unexpected Reality: Etiology of Family Caregiving

    • Lin Chen
    Pages 59-71

  6. Intergenerational Negotiation: A Power Play

    • Lin Chen
    Pages 73-93

  7. Children Parenting: First and Last Adventure

    • Lin Chen
    Pages 95-107

  8. The End of an Era: A New Dialogue

    • Lin Chen
    Pages 109-117

  9. Conclusions

    • Lin Chen
    Pages 119-140

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 141-213
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Lin Chen

About the author

Lin Chen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at Fudan University, China.

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