空巢(我的养老谁做主)/关注丛书

by Yi Zhou

" 空巢家庭一般是指家庭中因子女外出工作学习老人独居的一种现象。所谓“空巢”，是指子女长大成人后从父母家庭中相继分离出去，只剩下老年一代人独自生活的家庭。而一旦配偶去世，则家庭生命周期进入鳏寡期。空巢期与鳏寡期对老年人来说是生活中容易发生困难的两个重要阶段。
《空巢：我的养老谁做主》以纪实方式，以十多位空巢老人的日常生活为描述对象，旨在较为全面地呈现空巢家庭的老人们所面对的诸般困境，力图以微观的视角折射出宏观社会。
本书在弋舟的写作中由此成为一个特例。它不是写给无数未知读者的书，是作者和这数十位受访老人之间私密的对话。"

227 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2014

Reviews

[Karen Ng · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aging population is a global problem.The problem is a bit more serious in China due to several factors: The popopulation is aging more rapidly than other developed countries; the working population is much smaller due to 36 years of one child policy; China is still struggling to increase its average GNP while the population ages; and China is the only country where seniors would be numbered in the billions. This book is a collection of personal interviews of China's empty- nesters. The picture described is not a pretty one. Problems they face are basically in the following categories:
Caretakers, health, disability, loneliness, estranged children, death of spouse, finance. The problems are more evident in the countries than cities since farming is still the main industry and physical work is impossible with the aging whose children basically all abandoned ship to seek other careers in cities.
This is the best book about the aging population I've read, in both Chinese and English. I highly recommend it for Chinese readers.