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Cultural understandings of abuse of older people : perspectives from the Chinese community : final report r Ágnes Szabó, Polly Yeung and Mary Breheny

By: Szabó, Agness.
Contributor(s): Yeung, Polly | Breheny, Mary.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, 2024Description: electronic document (42 pages) ; PDF file.Subject(s): 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 ZEALANDOnline resources: Download report, PDF Summary: 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
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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

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