文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Evolving caregiving landscape in rural China: Older adults' experiences of emerging community-based eldercare in rural Zhejiang Province

作者：Chen, Lin[1];Mao, Xupeng[2];Kahana, Eva[3];Zhang, Baijie[1]

机构：[1]Fudan Univ, Dept Social Work, Shanghai, Peoples R China;[2]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Social & Publ Adm, Dept Social Work, Shanghai, Peoples R China;[3]Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Sociol, Cleveland Hts, OH USA

年份：2026

卷号：35

期号：3

外文期刊名：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:001831106300017)】；

基金：We thank all the older adults for sharing their stories with us. This work was supported by the National Social Science Fund Youth Project (#2022CSH004).

语种：英文

外文关键词：community-based eldercare; filial piety; older adults; rural China; rural gerontology

摘要：Rural China has recently witnessed a disproportionate increase in its aging population. Emerging community-based eldercare is driving transformation in the caregiving landscape in rural China. This study explores older adults' experiences of community-based eldercare in rural Zhejiang Province. We employed a descriptive phenomenological approach and conducted face-to-face, in-depth interviews with older adults (N = 29) and village officials (N = 15) from 8 villages in Jindong region. Three themes emerged: Changing family support for older adults, emerging community-based eldercare, and community-based eldercare and aging-in-village. Community-based eldercare boosted older adults' autonomy, protected their rural identity, alleviated their family's caregiving shortages, and leveraged filial piety to a broader social responsibility. This study offers timely and contextualized insights regarding the implications of community-based eldercare in rural China for older adults' aging experiences within the broad sociocultural transformation.