Living Arrangements and Informal Support for the Elderly
Living Arrangements and Informal Support for the Elderly
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老年人的生活安排和非正式支持
DOI：
10.1300/j194v02n02_03
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
W. K. Lee
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作者：
W. K. Lee
由家人、朋友和邻居提供的非正式护理和支持网络通常构成老年人护理的基础。中国家庭结构的变化改变了这种支持功能，传统价值观的变化影响了网络的性质和提供的支持。尤其是在现代化的香港，家庭的传统角色，特别是子女照顾年老父母的责任（“孝道”），可能正在削弱。这一命题进行了调查的定性研究，涉及在香港一个现代化的新市镇（屯门）的50名老年人的深入访谈。生活安排、地理位置的接近以及潜在的照顾者与老年人之间关系的质量影响到对非正式支助的需求和提供。传统的儒家孝道正在经历修改，也许是侵蚀，这意味着在这个现代化的亚洲社会代际关系的持续变化。
ABSTRACT A network of informal care and support provided by family, friends and neighbors often forms the basis for elderly care. Changes in the structure of Chinese family alter this supportive function, and changes in traditional values affect the nature of the network and support provided. This is especially so in modernized Hong Kong where the traditional role of the family and especially children's duty of care for their aged parents (“filial piety”) may be weakening. This proposition was investigated by a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews with 50 older persons in a modern new town (Tuen Mun) in Hong Kong. Living arrangements, geographical proximity and the quality of relationships between potential caregivers and the elderly affected needs for and provision of informal support. Traditional Confucian filial piety is undergoing modification, perhaps erosion, implying ongoing changes in inter-generational relations in this modernized Asian society.