Caring for China's Ageing Population

The Residential Option — A Case Study of Shanghai

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11199652
AutoresSarah Harper (0000-0001-8248-7016, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen12
Número2
Páginas157-184
Fecha de publicación1992-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x00004839
OpenAlexW2070013315
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas17

China is a rapidly ageing nation. With nearly 10 % of its population over sixty, forecasts predict that this proportion will double by 2025. Such ageing is particularly acute in some of the large cities, where the impact of population policies has combined with lengthening life expectancies, to increase rapidly the percentages of elderly residents. Following a brief review of health and welfare policies directed towards elderly people, the paper draws on documentary and field research, carried out in Shanghai, to assess the current development and administration of residential homes in that city. Using a variety of case- study material the paper discusses the current situation of residents in relation to their former life experiences. It appears that in communist China, as in western democracies, former positions and allegiances in younger life help construct the experience of old age

China · Communism · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Population · Population ageing · Sociology · Welfare · Demography · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Gerontology