Within the context of an ageing Asia, the growing numbers of
grandparents and the important roles they play within the family propel
the need for a book devoted to their experiences. This book, with its
focus on the Asian perspective, is pertinent and timely as Asia has
undergone socio-cultural, economic and family transformations as a
result of modernization, urbanization and demographic aging in the last
century. In filling a gap in the current literature, the volume seeks to
answer the following questions, what is the state of grandparenting in
the Asian context today? How do the roles and functions of grandparents
differ depending on rural-urban differences, their relations with
daughters and daughter-in-laws, and changing health of the grandparents?
The book is a multidisciplinary, cross-national and inter-generational
publication, lending voice to the aging grandparents in six countries
i.e. China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The
volume's strength lies precisely in its rich body of qualitative,
three-generational data, including grandparents, link parents and
grandchildren. Gerontologists, social researchers, anthropologists,
social workers, policy makers, professionals working with aging families
and family caregivers form the target audience of this rich Asian
volume.