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Original Article

Weakening Family Support for the Elderly in China

A Cultural Explanation

Pages 26-34 | Published online: 20 Dec 2014
 

Abstract

Is family support for the elderly strengthening or weakening? This paper holds that family support for the elderly in China is weakening, and the cultural sign of this weakening is that family eldercare is gradually turning from a cultural into a behavioral norm. Fostering a socialist culture of respect and support for the elderly is of great importance in reinforcing family eldercare in China.

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