Power, Family, and Filial Responsibility Related to Elder Care in Rural Japan

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Traphagan
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Elder Care ◽  
Japanese Women ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Filial Responsibility ◽  
Agricultural Community ◽  
Provision Of Care ◽  
Northern Japan ◽  
Familial Roles

This article explores the discourse on filial responsibility as it intersects with familial roles and power relationships as represented by women living in rural Japan. Using case studies, I consider some of the intergenerational and intragenerational issues that arise as Japanese women contemplate or attempt to cope with care of elder parents and consider the manner in which the concept of filial piety, or filial responsibility, is expressed and conceptualized in relation to these issues. I argue that many continue to think about elder care in ways that emphasize the responsibility of children to care for their parents, but that the discourse on filial piety is continually constructed and reconstructed as people provide and contest roles associated with elder care, both from the perspective of the child and from that of the parents. To explore these issues, I consider the cases of two women who were facing issues related to provision of care to elder parents and who structured these in terms of notions about filial responsibility. The cases were obtained during extended fieldwork in an agricultural community in northern Japan.

The Utility of Enhancing Filial Piety for Elder Care in China

2011 ◽  
pp. 127-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacky Chau-kiu Cheung ◽  
Alex Yui-huen Kwan
Keyword(s):  
Filial Piety ◽  
Elder Care

scholarly journals ARTICLE: Elder Care in the United States: Filial Responsibility Laws, Judicial Decisions, and Enforcement Issues

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sesha Kethineni (Prairie View A & M University) ◽  
Gowtami Rajendran (University of Houston-Clear Lake)
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Elder Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Filial Responsibility ◽  
Judicial Decisions

Access to data and NHS privatisation: reducing public accountability

2019 ◽  
pp. 171-182
Author(s):  
Sally Ruane
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Public Accountability ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Technical Data ◽  
State Sector ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Provision Of Care

Recent decades, shaped by powerful neoliberal forces, have witnessed a significant encroachment on the UK state sector with privatisation advancing over many social and economic sectors. The extension of private sector involvement has implications for the effective public accountability of UK ‘public’ services. This chapter examines, through case studies drawn from the past ten or fifteen years, selected aspects of this diminished accountability. The three case studies concern the availability of data in relation to different dimensions of privatisation in the NHS: performance data in the provision of care when NHS-funded care is provided by private companies; financial and ownership details in infrastructure procurement; and technical data allowing an assessment of the character and implications of proposals in the policy process.

Effects of volcanic activity on mire development: case studies from Hokkaido, northern Japan

The Holocene ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Hotes ◽  
Peter Poschlod ◽  
Hidenori Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Volcanic Activity ◽  
Northern Japan

scholarly journals Effects of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Singapore

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 117822182110305
Author(s):  
Ho Teck Tan ◽  
Boon Ceng Chai ◽  
Yit Shiang Lui
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Street Drugs ◽  
Provision Of Care ◽  
The Impact

This review examines the impact of COVID-19 on the substance-abuse landscape and climate with particular attention on Singapore’s. Substance-abuse has received the least attention during the COVID-19 outbreak and this pandemic has further sheared the problem’s visibility and the provision of care for this population of sufferers. The authors examine the current literature to look at the access and utility of street drugs due to border closure, the influence of the pandemic on prevailing drug behaviours as well as the effect of social distancing on drug-users. Two case studies are described. The paper serves to illuminate the ever-present problem of substance-abuse even during a viral pandemic and to remind the local government and healthcare system to continue efforts in caring for this group of patients.

scholarly journals Adaptations to the One-Child Policy: Chinese Young Adults’ Attitudes Toward Elder Care and Living Arrangement After Marriage

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochen Chen ◽  
Cuo Zhuoga ◽  
Ziqian Deng
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Elder Care ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Aging Parents ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Child Policy ◽  
Chinese Young Adults ◽  
The One

After four decades of China’s family planning policy, the shrinking family size and increasing life expectancy pose special challenges for the one-child generation in terms of providing care for aging parents. The current study explored young adults’ responses to such pressure by examining their concerns about elder care, attitudes toward nursing homes, and living arrangement after marriage in a sample of 473 Chinese working young adults from six cities in China (46.9% males, Mage = 25.1 years, 47.8% only children). Results showed that although most of the young adults reported to have thought about the issue of parents’ elder care, the majority did not worry a lot about it. Only children expressed similar levels of worrying as those with siblings did. However, educational level, rather than sibling status, was systematically related to concerns about parents’ elder care and attitudes toward nursing homes. People with higher education tended to worry less about elder care, and were less likely to consider placing parents in nursing homes as a violation of filial piety. Analyses of the married sub-sample (n = 140) revealed that only children were more likely to co-reside with parents after marriage than those with siblings. And the main reason for co-residence was that the younger generation needed their parents’ help for childcare, rather than to better take care of their parents. Implications for parents’ elder care among Chinese only children were discussed.

scholarly journals Strengthening Primary Care Through Family Medicine Around the World

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 426-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Rouleau ◽  
Monique Bourget ◽  
Patrick Chege ◽  
Francois Couturier ◽  
Paula Godoy-Ruiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Complex Adaptive Systems ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Qualitative Case Studies ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Resources And Capabilities ◽  
Provision Of Care

Background and Objectives: There is a limited evidentiary base on the development of family medicine in different contexts and countries. The lack of evidence impedes our ability to compare and characterize family medicine models and identify areas of success that have led to the effective provision of care. This paper offers a comparative compilation and analysis of the development of family medicine training programs in seven countries: Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, and Mali. Methods: Using qualitative case studies, this paper examines the process of developing family medicine programs, including enabling strategies and barriers, and shared lessons. An appreciative inquiry framework and complex adaptive systems thinking inform our qualitative study. Results: Committed partnerships, the contribution of champions, health policy, and adaptability were identified as key enablers in all seven case studies. The case studies further reveal that some enablers were more salient in certain contexts as compared to others, and that it is the interaction of enablers that is crucial for understanding how and why initiatives succeeded. The barriers that emerged across the seven case studies include: (1) resistance from other medical specialties, (2) lack of resources and capabilities, (3) difficulty in sustaining support of champions, and (4) challenges in brokering effective partnerships. Conclusions: A key insight from this study is that the implementation of family medicine is nonlinear, dynamic, and complex. The findings of this comparative analysis offer insights and strategies that can inform the design and development of family medicine programs elsewhere.

scholarly journals Filial Piety: From the Perspective of Indonesian Young Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Rahmi Setiyani ◽  
Carol Windsor ◽  
Clint Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Direct Care ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Filial Responsibility ◽  
Grounded Theory Method

Background: Filial piety refers to expectations for children to respect parents and fulfill care responsibility, including provide direct care and support them in their old age. However, socio-demographic changes might shape how young generation would see and practice the value of filial responsibility in parent’s old age.Purpose: This study aimed to explore the meaning of filial responsibility among young adults within the social context of Indonesia.Methods: Symbolic interactionism formed the framework for this study. The constructivist grounded theory method guided the analysis of the data obtained from in-depth interviews with eight university students. The participants were selected using a purposive and snowball sampling technique with the following criteria: 18 years old or over, currently enrolled as a student and had living parents. Results: The result showed that redefining the meaning of filial responsibility was obtained as the main theme which linked all four categories: ‘I am the one’, ‘not institutional care’, ‘the gendering of caregiving’, and ‘it is okay to do so’. The findings revealed that the value of filial responsibility was still upheld by Indonesian young people. However, their views had been changed somewhat from the traditional practices which were family oriented and highly gendered to a more contemporary form where caregiving was extended to non-family caregivers and supposed to be less gendered in the practice.Conclusion: This study offers an insight into the shifting patterns in elderly caregiving and support in Indonesia. The findings also indicate the need to further promote gender equality in elderly caregiving.

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