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Chinese long-term care growing, lacking oversight and regulation, similar to U.S. decades ago, researchers say
(McKnight’s) The growing demand for nursing homes in China has dramatically outpaced the government’s ability to provide oversight, leaving that country’s long-term care industry in a state similar to that in the U.S. 40 or 50 years ago, according to … Continue reading
Posted in Long Term Care, Media News
Tagged Aging, Long Term Care, Nursing Home
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No country for Alzheimer’s patients
(China Daily) Xu Renmin’s favorite activity is to ride in an elevator, up and down, up and down. He prefers this to joining other patients in the recreation room of a Beijing nursing home. The 73-year-old Alzheimer’s sufferer often isolates … Continue reading
Posted in Institutional Care, Media News, Senile Dementia
Tagged Alzheimer, Dementia, Nursing Home
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新式养老：“抱团取暖”权利责任“AA制”
在子女们忙得团团转、不能时刻围绕膝前的当下，渐渐老去的父母们，该如何面对寂静的居家生活？ 今天，我们要向读者介绍的几位尝试在姻亲或血亲基础上“抱团取暖”老人，就是有想法的践行者。 姐夫妻弟“拉帮结伙” 沈河区丰乐小区附近的一家小吃部，差不多每天都会有两位特殊的老人前来就餐。他们是82岁的吕大爷和他的妻弟、76岁的何大爷。Continue