Conclusions

  • Lin Chen
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Abstract

The 12 families in this study faced various challenges in family caregiving and subsequently encountered caregiving crises. Each generation proactively or reactively faced these caregiving crises and sought nursing home care in response. Various different sociocultural factors influenced the way that both generations engaged with the decision-making process, including age, family caregiving context, caregiving crises, and each generation’s perceptions of nursing home care. This chapter concludes by summarizing some key findings arising from the study, discussing implications for policy and social work practice, and outlining future research.

Keywords

Nursing Home Adult Child Family Caregiving Elderly Parent Filial Piety 
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  • Lin Chen
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  1. 1.Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina

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