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| Family support, financial needs, and health care needs of rural elderly in China: a field study | | Author(s) | Hong Li, Martin B Tracy |
| Journal title | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 14, no 4, December 1999 |
| Pages | pp 357-371 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Needs [elderly] ; Economic status [elderly] ; Rural areas ; China. |
| Annotation | In China, families are the primary source for old age care and support. However, the decline in fertility rates, increase in longevity and the collapse of the collective health care system may threaten families' ability to provide adequate care. This study examined family support, financial needs, and health care needs of 100 older persons in a rural county in China. Data revealed that immediate family members helped older people with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), and that adult children also provided financial assistance to most of the older people. However, only 8% of the older persons reported that they had adequate financial resources. Due to high costs of health care and the absence of government support, almost two thirds of the elderly persons had unmet needs for health care. In addition, elderly persons who reported poor health were more likely to have unmet financial and health care needs. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000127204 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: IK: F:W: RL: 7DC |
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