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Population aging in China and its impacts on elderly care
— a case study of Guangzhou City | | Author(s) | Hong-kin Kwok |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 8, no 2, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 119-136 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Family care ; Services ; Domiciliary services ; Health services ; Social welfare ; China. |
| Annotation | Not only is population ageing in China a problem for families, but it also affects the social security system as it faces the dilemma of how to meet new demands from the older population. This article is based on in-depth interviews with older people, their caregivers, care workers, care home managers, and social security officials, to study the dilemma that government is facing and how it affects the family and older people in terms of elder care. The change of philosophy of care is reviewed, and how individual older people and their families react to the changed situation is also discussed. The author points out that while the current care policy seems to cover a large range of needs, it cannot meet older people's urgent medical care needs. Older people, their families as well as the government also find difficulty in the growing expenditures in long-term medical protection for older people. Following social security reforms in China, services for older people were changed from being highly selected and targeted to universal and comprehensive. However, this change remains a problem of providing not enough protection in medical care for the general public. Whether the older people or their caregivers have enough money to spend for medical fees is critical to older people's safety. Ways to balance the responsibility of the government and the individual, and older people's adaptability is discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080407209 A |
| Classmark | BG: P6:SJ: I: N: L: TY: 7DC |
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