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Article Abstract:

An overview is presented on caring for the elderly in China, focusing on the differences and disparities between urban and rural areas. Elder care in urban regions is less problematic than in rural ones, as the urban aged typically have retirement pensions and/or access to social services. The rural aged, however, are usually members of agrarian communities in which economic and social resources are limited.

Economic aspects, Country life, Rural life, City and town life, Urban life

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Making the transition from family support for the elderly to social support for the elderly

Article Abstract:

The article examines the influence of socioeconomic changes on caring for the aged in China, focusing on the shift from a familial/rural structure to a social/urban structure. It is posited that the success of this shift depends on the incorporation of cultural characteristics within a socialist market economy.

Social networks

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Weakening family support for the elderly in China: a cultural explanation

Article Abstract:

The author attributes the decline in familial care for the aged in China to its gradual disengagement from socialist culture, and asserts that renewing the cultural tenet of filial piety and respect for one's elders is necessary to strengthen caregiving.

Social aspects, Filial piety

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