Category Archives: Long Term Care

Chinese long-term care growing, lacking oversight and regulation, similar to U.S. decades ago, researchers say

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Sujie Zhu

(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 →

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Explosive Growth In Nursing Homes In China

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Hong Zhang

A nursing home industry is booming in China as a rapid increase in the proportion of its elderly population forces a nationwide shift from traditional family care to institutional care, according to new research by Brown University gerontologists. Continue

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河北农村出现“抱团养老” 民政部长专程调研

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Hong Zhang

中新网邯郸3月13日电(牛琳 张静涛)12日，河北省肥乡县勒马台村老人吴英像往常一样和同住“幸福院”的老姐妹们打牌聊天。她对前来探望的儿媳夸赞院长李晓聪：“我在这儿过得可好了，晓聪和你们一样孝顺，不用惦记我！” Continue

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