Consecrating or Desecrating Filial Piety?: Korean Elder Care and the Politics of Family Support

Park, Keong-Suk

doi:10.21588/dns.2013.42.2.007

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“…If, when their elders have any troublesome affairs, the young take the toil of them, and if, when the young have wine and food, they set them before their elders, is this to be considered filial piety? [8] " Confucius made it clear that simply providing food on the table does not fulfill filial piety. It is doing so with a heart that is truly loving and respecting the elderly parents and the surrounding circumstances that can be called filial piety.…”

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China Elderly Care: A Confucian Legacy

Song¹

2021

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This paper explores the Confucian roots of elderly care expectations and how these expectations may influence the current state of the elderly and elderly care in modern China. This paper posits that the outdated expectations combined with recent urbanization trends has put unrealistic pressures on society to adequately care for a rapidly aging population. Until expectations are adjusted to reflect modern day families and realities, the elderly will continue to struggle with a sense of inadequate care, which can lead to mental health issues and feelings of isolation. Once the shackles of Confucian expectations are removed, families, governments and private institutions will have the freedom to be more creative in the way they imagine solutions for elderly care.

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