Advancing Long-Term Care Policy and Research in China
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- ISBN 9781041100911
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 06 Aug 2025
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Population aging and rapid socioeconomic changes are weakening family-based elder care while escalating the needs for long-term care services for older adults in China. This book presents insightful analysis and research findings on a wide range of policy-relevant issues related to long-term care for older adults in China.
China’s population is aging at an unprecedented pace. Currently, older Chinese adults aged 65 and over account for approximately 15% (or 208 million) of the total population, a figure projected to exceed 30% (or 390 million) by 2050. Rapid demographic and socioeconomic changes in China are weakening traditional family-based elder care while increasing the demand for long-term care services. This book features a collection of studies that provides timely analyses and fresh insights into a wide range of policy-relevant topics related to long-term care for older adults in China. These topics are explored in the volume’s nine chapters, organized under four main themes: migration, caregiving, and elder care challenges; long-term care service users, frontline workers, and workforce challenges; unmet needs across the care continuum in healthcare, long-term care, and end-of-life care; and long-term care financing. Grounded in a thoughtful analysis of the best available empirical data and employing rigorous and cutting- edge research methods, the findings from these studies contribute to building scientific evidence where it is lacking and support evidence-informed long-term care policymaking and practice to address the mounting challenges of population aging in China.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy.
Zhanlian Feng, PhD, is Senior Researcher in the Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care program at RTI International, USA. He has over 20 years of experience in long-term care and health services research in the United States and internationally. He has published over 100 journal articles, book chapters, commentaries, and reports.
Bei Wu, PhD, Vice Dean for Research and Dean’s Professor in Global Health at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, USA, is an internationally recognized leader in gerontology. She has led numerous NIH-funded studies on oral health, dementia caregiving, and long- term care. A prolific researcher, she also mentors scholars worldwide.
