By PAULA SPAN, New York Times, July 27, 2011,
Residents of a home for the elderly in Nanjing, China.
In any discussion here about the decision to move an older person into some sort of care facility, we can virtually count on a denunciation in the comments section, often from someone citing immigrant roots. Americans are too self-centered, too careerist, goes the criticism. Continue reading
NYT ALAN WHEATLEY March 28, 2011
BEIJING — If demography is destiny, as the French philosopher Auguste Comte put it, then Asia faces daunting challenges in the coming decades.
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For 93-year-old widow Liu Bingdi, the Chinese lunar New Year is the happiest time of the year. “It’s a time when we all gather for family reunion,” says Mrs. Liu. Continue reading
CHINA DAILY CAI XIAO February 8, 2011
Behind two elderly people walking on a street in Nanjing, is the Chinese character “fu” (which means happiness) on a wall. Analysts say the number of Chinese people older than 60 will reach a total of 450 million by 2050. However, many of them may not be happy to pay thousands of yuan a month to be cared for in public nursing homes. Sha Lang / For China Daily |
BEIJING – Zuo Ping bitterly regrets not seeing more of his parents during the last years of their lives so when he returned to China after two decades in the United States he was determined to set up a business helping the elderly.
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