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Article: Ageing under the one-child policy: Long-term care needs and policy choices in urban China
Title | Ageing under the one-child policy: Long-term care needs and policy choices in urban China |
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Authors | |
Keywords | China Long-term care Needs assessment One-child policy Family care |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | Inderscience Publishers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.inderscience.com/ijpp |
Citation | International Journal of Public Policy, 2014, v. 10 n. 4-5, p. 231-242 How to Cite? |
Abstract | China contains one-fifth of the world's ageing population. It has been estimated that a total number of 33 million older adults have suffered activities of daily living (ADL) deficits, which consists of about 19% of the total ageing population. To date, a national long-term care policy is not in place. This paper identifies and discusses key historical and contextual factors that affect long-term care policy development, including the one-child policy, cultural values toward family care, and the unbalanced development of health and social care. We show how two long-term care models developed in Beijing and Shanghai set a desirable benchmark for a balanced development of community-based and residential care. However, there is no consensus on key criteria that should be considered on needs assessment. Finally, we argue that a needs assessment including health, finances, and family aspects of needs, instead of age, should be considered in policy development. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/200882 |
ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.155 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lou, VWQ | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ci, QY | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-21T07:04:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-21T07:04:27Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Public Policy, 2014, v. 10 n. 4-5, p. 231-242 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1740-0600 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/200882 | - |
dc.description.abstract | China contains one-fifth of the world's ageing population. It has been estimated that a total number of 33 million older adults have suffered activities of daily living (ADL) deficits, which consists of about 19% of the total ageing population. To date, a national long-term care policy is not in place. This paper identifies and discusses key historical and contextual factors that affect long-term care policy development, including the one-child policy, cultural values toward family care, and the unbalanced development of health and social care. We show how two long-term care models developed in Beijing and Shanghai set a desirable benchmark for a balanced development of community-based and residential care. However, there is no consensus on key criteria that should be considered on needs assessment. Finally, we argue that a needs assessment including health, finances, and family aspects of needs, instead of age, should be considered in policy development. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Inderscience Publishers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.inderscience.com/ijpp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Public Policy | en_US |
dc.rights | International Journal of Public Policy. Copyright © Inderscience Publishers. | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.subject | Long-term care | - |
dc.subject | Needs assessment | - |
dc.subject | One-child policy | - |
dc.subject | Family care | - |
dc.title | Ageing under the one-child policy: Long-term care needs and policy choices in urban China | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lou, VWQ: wlou@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Lou, VWQ=rp00607 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1504/IJPP.2014.063095 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84904008569 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 234575 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 4-5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 231 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 242 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1740-0600 | - |