Long-Term Care Arrangements in Rural China: Review of Recent Developments

Factors affecting nursing students' intention to work with older people in China

“…The correlation between younger age and being 'more likely to work' with older people may also support the positive influence of filial piety on younger people, as the majority of students aged 'under-20' were in the first-year group. Learning activities aimed to promote socialisation with older people should be incorporated into the nursing curricula, considering China's increased numbers of nuclear families without grandparents living in the same household (Dong & Ding, 2009, Wu et al, 2009). …”

“…The population of those aged 65 or over has increased from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.2% in 2010 and it is predicted to reach 23.3% by 2050 in China (United Nations, 2008). As caring for older people has been viewed as a family's responsibility in China, care services funded by governments for older people to live in communities and nursing homes are consequently underdeveloped (Wu et al, 2009, Wan et al, 2008. Nurses working in these areas are poorly paid, compared to those working in hospitals (Dong & Ding, 2009).…”

“…Nurses working in these areas are poorly paid, compared to those working in hospitals (Dong & Ding, 2009). Despite the increased demand for a competent nursing workforce to deliver care services to older people, gerontological nursing education has yet to be integrated into the nursing curriculum (CNCA, 2007, Dong & Ding, 2009, Wu et al, 2009. A general lack of studies on the factors affecting gerontological nursing education in China is one aspect contributing to this situation.…”

“…Caring settings that show evidence of sub-standard care, understaffing, difficulties in career advancement and low payment were also identified as barriers for students to consider working in the area (Brown et al, 2008, Herdman, 2002. In China the family was the only source of support for older people, due in the main to the underdevelopment of social security and government sponsored long-term care or other care services for older people (Wu et al, 2009, Dong & Ding, 2009). Care burdens felt by family caregivers may also affect students' view of the care of older people.…”

The New Rural Pension Scheme and Family Support and Relationship-Perspectives of Older Adults and Their Children in Rural China

“…We have very limited information about how this new insurance scheme influenced family relationship in rural China. To the author's knowledge, only one study speculated that the family relationship in general might be improved as a result of improved economic status after the introduction new NRPS in rural China [22]. Studies on this topic from the voice of the older participants are needed.…”