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Living arrangements and informal support for the elderly
— alteration to intergenerational relationships in Hong Kong | | Author(s) | William Keng-mun Lee |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 2, no 2, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 27-50 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Living patterns ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Multi generation families ; Qualitative Studies ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | A network of informal care and support provided by family, friends and neighbours often forms the basis for older people's care. Changes in the structure of the Chinese family alter this supportive function, and changes in traditional values affect the nature of the network and support provided. This is especially so in modernised Hong Kong, where the traditional role of the family - and especially children's duty of care for their aged parents (filial piety) - may be weakening. This proposition was investigated by a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews with 50 older people in a modern new town (Tuen Mun) on Hong Kong. Living arrangements, geographical proximity and the quality of relationships between potential caregivers and the older people affected needs for, and provision of, informal support. Traditional Cofucian filial piety is undergoing modification, perhaps erosion, implying ongoing changes in intergenerational relationships in this modernised Asian society. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041209508 A |
| Classmark | TKL: K7: P6:SS: SJC: 3DP: 7DR |
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