The journal article investigates the effect emigration of adult children has on Chinese rural elders from various perspectives.
This study compares inter- and intra-country differences in the prevalence of physical restraints and antipsychotic medications in nursing homes, and examines aggregated resident conditions and organizational characteristics correlated with these treatments.
The study evaluates trends in disability-free life expectancy of Chinese adults aged 60 and older.
Results from the study showed that, compared to parents without migrant children, the parents of migrants had significantly more monetary support, less instrumental support and a lower level of depression.
The study examined the characteristics of elderly people with long-term care needs who opt for community-based services and compare them with those who opt for residential care services in Hong Kong.
The purpose of the study was to determine whether an ethnically and racially diverse group of informal caregivers would experience improved depression and caregiver outcomes after participating in a community-based Caregiver Support/Training Program (CS/TP).
The study finds that higher levels of religious attendance are associated with lower risk of depressive illness among a sample of 230 low-income, older U.S.-born and immigrant Latinos.
The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the RUG-III in Hong Kong
nursing homes.
The study finds that the Grandparent Stress and Reward Scale was a valid and reliable measure to assess the meaning given to grandparents’ perception on reward and stress in relations with adolescent grandchildren in a Chinese context.
Among other results, researchers find that men, those with impaired vision, dementia or taking psychotropic drugs were more likely to fall.
