讲座时间：4月18日（周二） 下午15:00-16:30

讲座地点：北京大学理科五号楼607室

Perceived availability of future care and psychological wellbeing among older Chinese

Abstract:

With population ageing and the one child policy in China, major questions are arising as to the challenges of new patterns of aged care support. This paper examines the relationship between Perceived availability of future care and psychological wellbeing among older Chinese aged 45 years and over using the China Health and Retirement Survey (CHARLS) 2013. Care support is measured by ‘Suppose that in the future, you needed help with basic daily activities like eating or dressing, do you have relatives or friends (besides your spouse/partner) who would be willing and able to help you over a long period of time?” Depressive mood is measured by the CES-D depression scale. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that uncertainty with regard to future care has an adverse impact on psychological well-being. Some older people without an anticipated caregiver face double jeopardy of uncertainty related to economic insecurity, disability, and living in a rural region.

 Dr. Cathy Gong is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Ageing, Health and Wellbeing (CRAHW) at the Australian National University. She joined the Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR, a joint research centre among ANU, Sydney University and UNSW ) since August 2013 and mainly worked on two CEPAR projects “Healthy and Productive Ageing” and “Comparative Ageing in Asia”. Her research interests include life course impacts on late life health and wellbeing; social determinants of healthy and productive ageing; intergenerational support relationships; health services use; international comparison of ageing in Asia; age friendly communities; inequality and mobility in health, employment and wellbeing; as well as labour market participation and retirement choices in late life.

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