Adult children taking care of their aging parents: A multiple-case study on caregivers’ perspectives

Xiaolin Xie, Xia Yan

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Abstract

This qualitative study with eight adult children providing care to their aging parents revealed four major themes: family or family network served as the major mode of elderly care, the arrangement of elderly care engendering sibling conflicts, elderly’s preference for independent household, and finally, a need for organised social service programmes for the elderly to supplement the current model of family care for their elderly members.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)53-64
Number of pages12
JournalAsian Pacific Journal of Social Work
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2001

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science

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