Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China: Two Generations, One Decision (Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies)

"With an increasing number of elders moving into nursing homes, the shift from family to nursing home care calls for an exploration of caregiving decision-making in urban China. This study examines how a rapidly growing aging population, the one-child policy, and economic reform in urban China pose unprecedented challenges to the country's ingrained tradition of family caregiving. It presents interviews of matched elders and their children from a government-sponsored nursing home in Shanghai and analyzes the decision-making process of institutionalization. This book offers fresh insight into the evolving culture and arrangements of caregiving in contemporary Chinese society, illuminating the diverse needs for long-term care of Chinese elders-the world's largest aging population-in the coming decades"- - Springer Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Introduction....Pages 1-13 The Setting: The Nursing Home and Its Sociocultural Context in Urban China....Pages 15-39 The Theoretical Lens: Conceptualizing the Decision-Making Process....Pages 41-57 Unexpected Reality: Etiology of Family Caregiving....Pages 59-71 Intergenerational Negotiation: A Power Play....Pages 73-93 Children Parenting: First and Last Adventure....Pages 95-107 The End of an Era: A New Dialogue....Pages 109-117 Conclusions....Pages 119-140 Back Matter....Pages 141-213 Introduction: Too Great A Task: Taking Care Of Aging Parents -- The Setting: The Nursing Home And The Sociocultural Caregiving Context In Urban China -- The Theoretical Lens: Conceptualizing The Decision-making Process -- Unexpected Reality: Etiology Of Family Caregiving -- Swinging Pendulum: A Power Play Between Generations -- Children Parenting: First And Last Adventure -- The End Of An Era: A New Dialogue -- Conclusion. Lin Chen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.