Monthly Archives: October 2011

China explores in-home nursing as aging population pressure grows

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Hong Zhang

2011-10-28 Xinhua News XIAMEN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — Although they have three children, 69-year-old Xia Xiuyun and her husband insist on living independently under their own roof, in the southeastern coastal city of Xiamen. The retired couple are among the … Continue reading →

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How Medicare Fails the Elderly

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Hong Zhang

Jane Gross is a former New York Times reporter and the author of “A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves.”  HERE is the dirty little secret of health care in America for the elderly, the one … Continue reading →

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Friend in Need

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Hong Zhang

Beijing Review Oc.t 17, 2011 A telephone hotline service has become an intimate friend of elderly people who don’t live with their children By ZHAO ZHIFEN Passing-Love Hotline, a private workshop, occupies merely a few dozen square meters in Beijing. … Continue reading →

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