Dr Sui Ting Kong sui.t.kong@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Organizational capacities for ‘residential care homes for the elderly’ to provide culturally appropriate end-of- life care for Chinese elders and their families
Kong, S.T.; Fanga, M-S.C.; Lou, W.V.
Authors
M-S.C. Fanga
W.V. Lou
Abstract
Developing culturally appropriate end-of-life care for Chinese elderly and families is not an endemic challenge for Hong Kong, but that of the Western countries with a noticeable trend of rising Chinese population. The particular development of Hong Kong healthcare system, which is currently the major provider of end-of-life care, makes Hong Kong a fruitful case for understanding the confluence of the West and the East cultures in end-of-life care practices. This study therefore aims at building our best practice to enhance the capacity of residential care homes in providing culturally appropriate end-of-life care. We conducted two phases of research, a questionnaire survey and a qualitative study, which respectively aims at (1) understanding the EoL care service demand and provision in RCHEs, including death facts and perceived barriers and challenges in providing quality end-of-life care in care homes, and (2) identifying the necessary organizational capacities for the ‘relational personhood’ to be sustained in the process of ageing and dying in residential care homes. Findings shed light on how to empower residential care homes with necessary environmental, structural and cultural-resource-related capacity for providing quality end-of-life care for Chinese elders and their families.
Citation
Kong, S., Fanga, M., & Lou, W. (2016). Organizational capacities for ‘residential care homes for the elderly’ to provide culturally appropriate end-of- life care for Chinese elders and their families. Journal of Aging Studies, 40, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2016.12.001
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 5, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 19, 2016 |
Publication Date | Dec 19, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jun 15, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 19, 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Aging Studies |
Print ISSN | 0890-4065 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 40 |
Pages | 1-7 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2016.12.001 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1385057 |
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