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Renmin University of China, Beijing, Beijing, China (People’s Republic)  \nThe one-child policy has shaped the life experiences of millions of only children in China and providing end-of-life care to their aging parents is becoming a critical social issue. Their unique lived experiences likely lead to distinctive end-of-life caregiving experiences, however, to date no existing literature has investigated this phenomenon. This study uses a convenience sample of 15 adult only children who provided at least one month of end-of-life care leading up to their parents’ death to explore their end-of-life caregiving process. Adopting a social constructionist paradigm, this study uses the “In-Vivo”approach to theory-building and thematic analysis to visualize and present findings. The emergent caregiving process encompasses four phases of interdependence depicted through the metaphor of charting a sailing voyage: 1) Sailing Out  \nof the Harbor: Continued Interdependence; 2) Navigating Back  \nto the Harbor: Inverted Interdependence and Shifting Life Emphasis; 3) The Collapsing Harbor: Decoupling Interdependence and Preparation for Bereaved Life; 4) The Navigator’s and Harbor’s Reconstruction: Divergent Interdependence and Social Life. Three turning points sequentially connect the four phases: 1) realizing the severity of the illness and caregiving should be the main task; 2) sensing the possible coming death; 3) death of or farewell to the parents. The parent-child relationship anchors the process, while sociocultural context and illness progression drive the process forward. Practitioners can provide competent psychosocial care in response to the unique dynamics of interdependence and caregiving stress in individual cases. Advocacy for death education and policy to promote hospice and palliative care are recommended.  \nAbstract citation ID: igaf122.2616  \nNAVIGATING INTERDEPENDENCE: THE END-OF-LIFE  \nCAREGIVING PROCESS OF ADULT ONLY CHILDREN  \nCARING FOR THEIR PARENT  \nZhiqi Yi1, Nili Wang2, Sarah Jen1, and Shuo Xu3, 1. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States, 2. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, Beijing, China (People’s Republic),","cbCaihW0ZonPME8q","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihW0ZonPME8q","pdf",695018,"English","# Overview\n## Study design and method\n## Four-phase interdependence caregiving process\n## Turning points and drivers\n## Implications and recommendations","[{\"question\":\"What does the study aim to explore about adult only children?\",\"answer\":\"It explores how adult only children experience and carry out the end-of-life caregiving process for their aging parents, addressing an area with limited prior research.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the study conducted?\",\"answer\":\"Using a convenience sample of 15 adult only children, it applies a social constructionist paradigm with an in-vivo approach and thematic analysis to build theory and summarize findings.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the four phases of the caregiving process?\",\"answer\":\"The process comprises: sailing out of the harbor (continued interdependence), navigating back (inverted interdependence and shifting life emphasis), the collapsing harbor (decoupling interdependence and preparation for bereaved life), and reconstruction (divergent interdependence and social life).\"},{\"question\":\"What recommendations does the study make for practice and policy?\",\"answer\":\"Practitioners are encouraged to provide competent psychosocial care responsive to interdependence and caregiving stress, and the study recommends death education and policy to promote hospice and palliative care.\"}]","NAVIGATING INTERDEPENDENCE - THE END-OF-LIFE CAREGIVING PROCESS OF ADULT ONLY CHILDREN CARING FOR THEIR PARENT | PDF",1790632478]