Policy reconstruction of elderly spouse caregivers from the perspectives of the theory"produc-tive engagement in later life"
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2018.01.004
- VernacularTitle:"老有所为"理论视阈下的老年配偶照顾者之价值重构
- Author:
Liang-Jun SONG
1
;
Xian-Wei ZHOU
;
Jian-Kun HUANG
;
Xi-Zhe PENG
Author Information
1. 复旦大学社会发展与公共政策学院 上海 200433
- Keywords:
Elderly spousal caregiver;
Long-term care;
Productive engagement in later life;
Value recon-struction
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2018;11(1):21-27
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
As one of the core contents of the theory"productive engagement in later life",elderly taking care of family members has created tremendous economic and social values. Family caregiving behavior being widely exis-ted in the Chinese society and stretches for thousands of years, still needs to be interpreted from a completely new theory framework in a contemporary ageing society. As one of the most important theories in Social Gerontology,there is already a consensus reached in western society about the value recognition of family caregiving,but in China's con-text,is still however in the twilight zone. This paper begins with a comprehensive review and analysis of the nega-tive impact of family care on the economic burden and physical and mental health impairments among the elderly caregivers, and then introduces the world-wide development of the"productive engagement in later life"theories and practices which recognize and evaluate the social value of the elderly, a framework for rearranging the social support system for the elderly caregivers and the promotion of the sense of the self-development of the elderly based on gender perspectives, with a view it will also greatly restore the identities and socialization of older peo-ple by putting forward several public policies based on the above theoretical framework and the reduction of the elderly subjectivity and sociality.
