Proceedings of the 2024 10th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2024)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>

Digital Support: New Social Support Changes in Aging in Place of Beijing

Authors
Yan Li1, *
1PhD student of School of Philosophy and Sociology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
*Corresponding author. Email: yan_l18@mails.jlu.edu.cn
Corresponding Author
Yan Li
Available Online 2 September 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-277-4_64How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Metropolis; Aging in Place; Social Support; Digital Support
Abstract

China is currently facing two irreversible trends: the deepening of population aging and the rise of the digital society. Metropolises are not only rich in material and social resources, but also accompanied by the gradual evolution of family structures towards smaller and empty-nest households. Against the backdrop of aging and digitization, these characteristics have also led to a series of new problems. Due to the increasing lack of support at the family level, the elderly population in metropolis has to rely more on social support mechanisms. This study based on in-depth interviews with 52 aged or their children engaged in elderly home-care in Beijing, discovers a new trend in social support among the elderly in Beijing—digital support. Digital support has brought a turning point to this dilemma, allowing for the effective integration of family support and social support for the aging in place, thereby jointly supporting elderly living.

Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

<Previous Article In Volume
Next Article In Volume>
Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2024 10th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
2 September 2024
ISBN
978-2-38476-277-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-277-4_64How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Cite this article

risenwbib
TY  - CONF
AU  - Yan Li
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/09/02
TI  - Digital Support: New Social Support Changes in Aging in Place of Beijing
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 10th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 573
EP  - 584
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-277-4_64
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-277-4_64
ID  - Li2024
ER  -