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Recent developments in Chinese elder homes
— a reconciliation of traditional culture | | Author(s) | Heying J Zhan, Guangya Liu, Hong-guang Bai |
| Journal title | Ageing International, vol 30, no 2, Spring 2005 |
| Pages | pp 167-187 |
| Source | http://www.transactionpub.com |
| Keywords | Voluntary care homes ; Private care homes ; Comparison ; China. |
| Annotation | Based on research conducted at 12 sites, this study compares two types of care homes which are competing in the growing Chinese market for institutional care of older people: ones characterised as government-owned, and others described as "non-government owned". Findings suggest that, despite rapid growth in China's care home industry, the market is tilted toward the former government-owned care homes that still enjoy institutional and bureaucratic advantages in funding, staffing and insurance. The research also examines the changing connotations of cultural norm in parent care. Traditional attitudes against placing parents in care homes are changing; some adult children as well as older people are starting to express acceptance of institutional care for older people. The authors argue that institutional care for ageing parents is likely to become a major option for parent care as adult children become increasingly unavailable due to the one-child policy, the need to work, and perhaps distant residence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070503238 A |
| Classmark | KWE: KWH: 48: 7DC |
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