Role Reversal and Emotional Labor: Family Caregiving for Alzheimer’s Patients in Urban Chinese Contexts
Qingwei Wang, Fengzhi Zhao, Zixuan Wu, Xuetao Liu · 2025
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Qingwei Wang, Fengzhi Zhao, Zixuan Wu, and Xuetao Liu study family care for Alzheimer's patients in urban China in a 2025 paper. China is aging fast, and its culture expects families to care for their own. Adult children often end up parenting their own parents, a hard swap of roles. The team uses role theory to frame that strain.
The team spent long stretches with one urban family caring for a relative with the disease. They trace how a caregiver takes on the role, acts it out, feels torn, and may pull back. Past studies mostly measured stress with checklists, not lived detail. Close fieldwork shows the hidden labor and grief inside home care. The account gives care planners a human view of the work.
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| CREATOR | Qingwei Wang, Fengzhi Zhao, Zixuan Wu, Xuetao Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |