Cultural understandings of abuse of older people : perspectives from the Chinese community : final report
Szabó, Agness
Cultural understandings of abuse of older people : perspectives from the Chinese community : final report r Ágnes Szabó, Polly Yeung and Mary Breheny - Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, 2024 - electronic document (42 pages) ; PDF file
was undertaken to gain critical
insights into how abuse of older people (AOP) is
perceived, understood and recognized within the
Chinese community in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Chinese people are one of the largest and
fastest growing migrant groups in Aotearoa New
Zealand. Many Chinese people endorse traditional
Confucian values that place a strong emphasis
on filial piety, a moral obligation to care for older
parents. Consequently, family reunification is
particularly common in the Chinese community,
where older parents migrate later in life, often
without English language skills and with limited
knowledge of the culture of the host country, to
reunite with their children and grandchildren.
Family reunification creates complex financial
and multigenerational living situations, resulting
in previously unseen power imbalances within
families. These arrangements can leave older
Chinese migrants vulnerable to abuse and neglect.
Although the actual prevalence of AOP is currently
unknown, there has been increasing concern from
service providers and health professionals about
the number of identified (and the potentially
undetected) AOP cases in the Chinese community. (From the report). Record #9126
Ageing Well National Science Challenge
ASIAN PEOPLES
ATTITUDES
CHINESE PEOPLE
CULTURE
ELDER ABUSE
ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
FINANCIAL ABUSE
FAMILIES
IMMIGRATION LAW
KAUMĀTUA
MANENE
MIGRANTS
NEGLECT
OLDER PEOPLE
TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
WHĀNAU
NEW ZEALAND
Cultural understandings of abuse of older people : perspectives from the Chinese community : final report r Ágnes Szabó, Polly Yeung and Mary Breheny - Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, 2024 - electronic document (42 pages) ; PDF file
was undertaken to gain critical
insights into how abuse of older people (AOP) is
perceived, understood and recognized within the
Chinese community in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Chinese people are one of the largest and
fastest growing migrant groups in Aotearoa New
Zealand. Many Chinese people endorse traditional
Confucian values that place a strong emphasis
on filial piety, a moral obligation to care for older
parents. Consequently, family reunification is
particularly common in the Chinese community,
where older parents migrate later in life, often
without English language skills and with limited
knowledge of the culture of the host country, to
reunite with their children and grandchildren.
Family reunification creates complex financial
and multigenerational living situations, resulting
in previously unseen power imbalances within
families. These arrangements can leave older
Chinese migrants vulnerable to abuse and neglect.
Although the actual prevalence of AOP is currently
unknown, there has been increasing concern from
service providers and health professionals about
the number of identified (and the potentially
undetected) AOP cases in the Chinese community. (From the report). Record #9126
Ageing Well National Science Challenge
ASIAN PEOPLES
ATTITUDES
CHINESE PEOPLE
CULTURE
ELDER ABUSE
ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
FINANCIAL ABUSE
FAMILIES
IMMIGRATION LAW
KAUMĀTUA
MANENE
MIGRANTS
NEGLECT
OLDER PEOPLE
TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
WHĀNAU
NEW ZEALAND