2. Decline or Transformation: Reconstructing Filial Piety in Chinese and Korean Immigrant Households.

It is widely noted that there are huge differences in patterns of elder care between Asian countries and the United States, however, relatively little is known about how these patterns have changed as persons of Asian descent came to the United States. This paper addresses the following two questions: How has the values of filial piety been maintained or changed in Chinese and Korean American families? How has the practice of filial piety in Chinese and Korean American families been socially constructed within the context of various social welfare benefits and institutional care? This paper is developed based on systematic reviews of previous researchers' studies in Asian elder care, American elder care, and immigrants' elder care. I conclude that, we cannot simply argue that filial piety is declining in Chinese and Korean immigrant families because of the decrease of three-generational cohabitation and elders' increased dependence on state welfare. Rather, the culture of filial piety is being reshaped and reconstructed within different social and economic contexts in the United States. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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