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Access to residential care in Beijing, China
— making the decision to relocate to a residential care facility | | Author(s) | Yang Cheng, Mark W Rosenberg, Wuyi Wang |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 32, part 8, November 2012 |
| Pages | pp 1277-1299 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Usage [services] ; Attitude ; China ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | The demand for residential care by older people is increasing in Beijing as a result of demographic and social change. In this study, qualitative data collected from interviews with residential care facility (RCF) managers, older residents and their family members in six RCFs in Beijing were transcribed and analysed using the constant comparative method. The findings included the following themes: geographical access to residential care, information access, economic access, socio-cultural access, and the socio-managerial environment. Geographical access was influenced by location, distance, and the micro-physical environment and amenities of RCFs. Information access referred to the capability to acquire related information on available resources. Economic access was the financial affordability for the resources. Socio-cultural access was affected by individual attitudes and aggregative cultural values on ageing and care of older people. Additionally, the social-managerial environment such as reputations of RCFs, quality of services, and management mechanisms were also important to the decision-making process. All these factors influenced older people and their family members' decision-making process of which RCF to choose. The research provides a multi-perspective analysis of access to residential care and suggestions on improving the accessibility of residential care for older people in Beijing. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121102001 A |
| Classmark | KW: QLD: DP: 7DC: 3DP |
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