Chinese Americans are the fastest growing minority group in the United States. Their cultural belief of filial obligation–the sense of responsibility to respect and care for aging parents–is the most predominant cultural value relating to their caregiving experience. In a recent study published in the prestigious Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, we examined the influence of having a strong sense of filial obligation on Chinese-American caregivers’ caregiving burdens and how adapting to Western culture affects their experience.

Sense of Filial Obligation and Caregiving Burdens Among Chinese Immigrants in the United States, by Man Guo PhD, Sohyun Kim RN, MSN, and  XinQi Dong MD, MPH