Dwelling Conditions in Households with Elderly Residents of Taipei City -Characteristics of the Life-Support Received from Their Adult-Children-
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Accession number;03A0285157
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| Title;Dwelling Conditions in Households with Elderly Residents of Taipei City -Characteristics of the Life-Support Received from Their Adult-Children- |
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HSIEH Y
(Nara Women's Univ., Graduate School of Human Culture, JPN)
IMAI NORIKO
(Nara Woman's Univ.)
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Journal Title;Journal of Home Economics of Japan
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Journal Code:F0763A
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ISSN:0913-5227
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VOL.54;NO.4;PAGE.291-303(2003)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, TBL.17, REF.10 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;We focused our attention on the living support given to the elderly members of a household in Taiwan, from the adult children with close filial affection. In the meantime, the support received from people in the immediate neighborhood was also taken into account. Our efforts in this direction were meant to obtain first hand knowledge on the living support for elderly residents. The main results are as follows: (1) From the viewpoint of the filial duty, the adult children residing with their parents abide by the traditional responsibility of looking after the elderly. (2) Where the parents are separated from their married children it is found that, in most cases, both families live relatively within a short distance away, reciprocating the socio-psychological support. (3) Where the physical care of the elderly is needed, both the parents and the children desire to live together so that the elderly is fully looked after by the family. However, there is a tendency of large families being reduced to small families and female members taking up jobs in the working society. Accordingly, the public assistance is even more required to support the family in looking after the elderliness who need to be cared. (4) The relation with the neighborhood is fluid. The elderliness keep playing a positive role in maintaining the mutual life support system in the neighborhood, especially when there is a tendency of a number of people returning to the old neighborhood. (author abst.) |
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