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The role of the family in institutional long‐term care: cultural management of filial piety in China
Author(s) -
Zhan Heying Jenny,
Feng Zhanlian,
Chen Zhiyu,
Feng Xiaotian
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00808.x
Subject(s) - china , qualitative property , welfare , qualitative research , focus group , filial piety , long term care , social welfare , sociology , psychology , gerontology , gender studies , political science , medicine , nursing , social science , machine learning , computer science , anthropology , law
Zhan HJ, The role of the family in institutional long‐term care – cultural management of filial piety in China Int J Soc Welfare 2011: 20: S121–S134 © 2011 The Author(s), International Journal of Social Welfare © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. This study used both qualitative and quantitative data collected in Nanjing, China, from 2008 to 2009, to examine the role of the family in long‐term institutional elder care. The qualitative data reported on four separate groups of family members and their elderly parents residing in institutions. The survey included information from 140 elder care institutions (over 95% of all urban elder care institutions) in Nanjing. The quantitative data provided a background from which to understand the qualitative responses of family members obtained during the focus group discussions. The qualitative data added a contextualized understanding of the reasons for institutional placement and aspects of the families' continued involvement in long‐term care. In conclusion, Chinese families, unlike families in the West, are currently struggling to manage the cultural demands of elder care together with the usual financial, caregiving, and emotional concerns. Managing stigma has been one of the adult children's prevalent themes in the transition from familial to institutional care.