ArticleJournal of cross-cultural gerontology2017
The Impact of Eldercare on Adult Children's Health and Employment in Transitional China.
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- Relocation for a better life? A longitudinal study of informal social participation and life satisfaction of older adults relocated for poverty alleviation in China.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Substantial Impact of Later-Life Depression Among Community Older Adults on the Family Caregivers' Burden in the Home Care Setting of Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Association between different patterns of social participation and loneliness among the Chinese older people: is there a local-migrant gap?BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Cessation of Care for Frail Older Adults: Physical, Psychological and Economic Outcomes for Family Carers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This paper explores the content and extent of the burden of caregiving for Chinese families in transition. It sets out to understand how Chinese families manage to balance family caregiving responsibilities with employment, the impact of the existing social institutions on family caregiving practices, and the risks that caregivers have to face. Data were collected from a sample of 214 workers from 14 manufacturing companies in an industrialized city in central China in 2013. Analysis revealed that common types of eldercare were assisting with activities of daily living and medical related care; middle aged employed respondents were most likely to be the caregivers to older family members; financial and time demands of care were challenging for caregivers, but women with more education and a secure job responded to the pressure of care giving better than those with less education and insecure jobs. An absence of workplace policies to support family caregivers was reported to create insecure employment conditions among middle aged workers. The findings imply an urgent need for legislative action and workplace policy that support family caregiving in China.
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