“中国社会组织的老年服务”课题专题研讨会

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Hong Zhang

2010年7月26日在上海举行，由中国计生委和安徽计生共同主办。

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Elderly account for 33 percent of suicides

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Hong Zhang

By Lee Hyo-sik /Staff reporter/Korean Times/06-11-2010

One out of every three Koreans committing suicide is a senior citizen, with a growing number of the elderly here taking their own lives due mainly to financial difficulties and illness.

The Korean Association of Senior Welfare Centers said Friday that senior citizens aged over 61 accounted for 32.8 percent of those who committed suicide here in 2009, up sharply from 19.4 percent in 1999 and 10.3 percent in 1989. Continue reading →

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Needed, Now: New Approaches to Financing Old Age

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Hong Zhang

Published: May 26, 2010 in Knowledge@Wharton

Following the global financial crisis, troubled retirement systems around the world face new challenges that may result in sharply reduced income for retirees — as well as the possibility that younger workers will need to work much longer, according to Wharton insurance and risk management professor Olivia S. Mitchell. Continue reading →

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