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“I Am the Only Child of my Parents:” Perspectives on Future Elder Care for Parents among Chinese only-Children Living overseas

Gui, Tianhan, Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya·2016·Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
DOI 10.1007/s10823-016-9295-z
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The 1979 One-Child Policy in China created a generation of only children, leading to increased elder care dilemmas for this generation and its aging parents, particularly for young adults studying or working abroad. The current study used in-depth, semi-structured interviews with Chinese young adults who were currently studying or working in Montreal, Canada (N = 20), whose parents still lived in China. The interviews focused on the following topics: elder care patterns of respondents' grandparents; family values and expectations; perceptions of professional long-term care institutions (in China and Canada); and future plans for taking care of aging parents. Respondents described their grandparents' care as following traditional elder care patterns with multiple familial caregivers, which they appreciated as a positive model that defined their own obligations towards parents. Respondents reported being very close to their parents. Some planned to settle down in Canada and bring their parents, others planned to go back to China. Citing the tradition of filial piety, they expected to take care of their parents in the future, but they also considered the dilemmas involved in caring for aging parents without siblings to share the task, potentially requiring them to find compromises between their personal lives and caring for older parents. Those who planned to settle in Canada raised additional concerns about the challenges of bringing over their parents, including acculturation and access to and communication with health and long-term care providers. The results are discussed in the context of contemporary demographic, economic, and policy concerns about aging, family care, and immigration.

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  • In Gui and Koropecki's study, all respondents generally endorsed the concept of filial piety, emphasized that they were their parents' sole caregivers in old age, and regarded caring for their parents alone as their primary responsibility.

    “In Gui and Koropecki’s study, all respondents generally endorsed the concept of filial piety, emphasized that they were their parents’ sole caregivers in old age, and regarded caring for their parents alone as their primary responsibility (18).”

    From Caring alone: older adult care burdens, practices, and structural imbalances among China's one-child generation (2025) · cites this paper as [18]

  • The findings of this study differ from those of Gui and Koropecki regarding qualitative interviews on the older adult care intentions of overseas Chinese only children.

    “It is noteworthy that the findings of this study differ from those of Gui and Koropecki regarding qualitative interviews on the older adult care intentions of overseas Chinese only children (18).”

    From Caring alone: older adult care burdens, practices, and structural imbalances among China's one-child generation (2025) · cites this paper as [18]

  • The caregiving role of China's only children has drawn attention in fields such as nursing and sociology.

    “The caregiving role of China’s only children has drawn attention in fields such as nursing and sociology (18–21).”

    From Caring alone: older adult care burdens, practices, and structural imbalances among China's one-child generation (2025) · cites this paper as [18]

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Authors
Gui, T., & Koropeckyj-Cox, T.
Affiliations
University of Florida (US)
Corresponding author
Gui, Tianhan
ORCID
Gui, Tianhan
Venue
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-05-28
Volume
31
Issue
3
Pages
255-275
ISSN
  • 0169-3816 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-0719
DOI
10.1007/s10823-016-9295-z
OpenAlex
W2401794085
Cited by
62
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2
FWCI
3.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
Keywords
only children, one-child policy, intergenerational caregiving, elderly care, filial piety, long-term care facilities, family values, acculturation, immigration, elderly parents, family caregiving, Montreal
MeSH terms
Acculturation, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, China, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Nuclear Family, Only Child, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Social Support, Intergenerational Relations, Adult Children, Qualitative Research, Asian People

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