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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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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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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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