北京:从“养儿防老”到“国家养老”

日期:2011-09-15           来源:新华网          浏览次数:17
 

新华网北京829日电(记者张淼淼)“参加养老保险相当于养了一个大孝顺儿子,现在他‘长大’了,可以每月给我生活费。我从心里面特别感激国家的政策。”北京市房山区河北镇河南村村民孙淑芝告诉记者,现在子女们负担都很重,能够依靠好政策减轻他们的负担心里很高兴。 Continue reading

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China’s elderly offer opening for West’s healthcare companies

By Benjamin A Shobert

Providing care for China’s aging population has long been one of the most promising market opportunities the country has to offer. For over a decade, Western operators of eldercare facilities have looked at the China market as a key growth opportunity for their industry.

Last week’s announcement by Seattle-based Cascade Healthcare that it was opening a new eldercare facility in Shanghai is the first major investment by a North American eldercare operator, but is anticipated to be only the first wave of such investments. Continue

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中国大陆“中年空巢家庭”有增多趋势

2011-09-13 自由亚洲电台记者希望的采访报道

在中国大陆,有越来越多的家庭正在品尝“对影少一人”的“空巢现象”,在城市,很多中年人家庭也开始遭受空巢所带来的孤寂感,子女们在中秋节也不能回家团聚。

资料图片:据调查,中国城市中空巢家庭占整个中老年人家庭的40%,中年空巢的比例开始增加。(法新社)

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