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民政部试推“以房养老” 老人反对丁克族欢迎

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Hong Zhang

广州试点时丁克族欢迎老人们反对，民间出现新版“以房养老” 我国目前有失能老人1036万，半失能老人2135万，大中城市空巢家庭达到70%，这是昨天上午民政部部长李立国透露的最新数字。一连串数字的背后是严峻的养老形势。如何解决？在昨日召开的全国社会养老服务体系建设推进会上，“以房养老”这个老话题被再度提起，民政部副部长甚至将其纳入下一阶段工作的引导方向之一。Continue

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“银发浪潮”冲击中国 65岁以上老人超过1亿

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Hong Zhang

空巢老人。人民图片 “都说养儿能防老，可儿山高水远他乡留”，一句心酸的歌词道出对养老问题的担忧。 有人说， “21世纪是老人的世纪”，中国尤是。日前，全国老龄委办公室副主任吴玉韶指出，中国正开始进入人口老龄化快速发展期，老年人口由年均增加311万人，发展到年均增加800万人。Continue

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A New Home Away From Home: Novel ways to care for China’s army of empty-nesters.

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Sujie Zhu

(News Week) In China—where Confucian tradition and the communist Constitution still require sons and daughters to look after their parents—adult children risk losing face if they allow strangers to do the job. Yet mass migration and the one-child policy mean … Continue reading →

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