Journal ArticleJournal of aging studies · March 2023
How Direct Care Workers (DCWs) interpret their work and perform care activities undeniably impacts the well-being of institutionalized older adults. Despite the emotionally charged nature of paid care work, little is known about how Chinese DCWs talk about ...
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Chapter · July 14, 2021
This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people. ...
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Chapter · May 21, 2019
This unique volume provides a comprehensive overview of social policies in China and their evolution over the 70 years since the People's Republic of China was established in 1949. ...
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Journal ArticleAgeing and Society · November 2017
ABSTRACTThis study explores the social construction of agency and wellbeing among 20 Chinese urban retirees aged between 50 and 82 years old (averaging 67), with a special focus on the impact of earlier life experiences in ...
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Journal ArticleAsian Social Science · October 30, 2017
Leisure participation plays an important role in healthy aging. With the increasing elderly population and its potential social and economic influences, examining the factors that contribute to leisure constraints can be meaningful in evaluating an ...
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Chapter · December 22, 2015
This book provides many innovative insights which will be of value to disaster policy experts, practitioners in the humanitarian field, civil society and government sectors and researchers engaged in disaster recovery and reconstruction ... ...
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Journal ArticleResearch on Aging · September 2008
The authors examined changing attitudes about filial piety, or xiao, using data from intensive interviews with 20 elderly residents, 14 family members, and 9 staff members in Nanjing, China. The findings reveal that respondents interpreted the not ...
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Technological advances, medical discoveries, and developments in welfare provision have led to increasing life expectancies across the globe. Consequently, how we age and view the ageing process has radically changed over recent decades. The Research Handb ...
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