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Age of disillusion haunts senior citizens

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Hong Zhang

 2012-09-28  By Cang Wei and Song Wenwei (China Daily) Battles with illness, loneliness and post-retirement blues are pushing China’s elderly population into a spiral of depression and fragile mental health. Cang Wei and Song Wenwei report from Nanjing. ‘Granny” Li … Continue reading →

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No country for Alzheimer’s patients

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Hong Zhang

(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 →

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