@inbook{6e8218d69c0b4939ab2b2b9425213e9e,
title = "Population aging and care of the elderly in Hong Kong",
abstract = "AS a Confucian heritage society, Hong Kong is now confronting the weakening of its cornerstone, the family, for provision of care for the elderly. Over recent decades Hong Kong has been transformed from a small fishing village and trading port in south China to an international financial center at a pace and scale that are legendary. The successful economic development and modernization have inevitably led Hong Kong to immense sociodemographic change. This change has altered the traditional Chinese family system and weakened adult children{\textquoteright}s ability to take care of their elderly parents in accordance with the traditional virtue of filial...",
author = "Michelle Shum and Terry Lum",
note = "Research Unit(s) information for this publication is provided by the author(s) concerned.",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
doi = "10.2307/j.ctv21hrg88.11",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781789207880",
series = "Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations",
publisher = "Berghahn Books",
number = "1",
pages = "122--141",
editor = "Jeanne Shea and Katrina Moore and Hong Zhang",
booktitle = "Beyond Filial Piety",
address = "United Kingdom",
}