Abstract/Sommario: With 11% of its population aged 60 years or more and that number rising fast, China faces a huge task in caring for its graying population. The task is made harder by the country's changing demographic and economic situation, both of which are contributing toward the gradual demise of traditional care within the family unit. The government and private sector are confronting the issue head on, but face an enormous job in the coming years. Gli articoli : Aging City Leads Way (the norther ...; [Leggi tutto...]
With 11% of its population aged 60 years or more and that number rising fast, China faces a huge task in caring for its graying population. The task is made harder by the country's changing demographic and economic situation, both of which are contributing toward the gradual demise of traditional care within the family unit. The government and private sector are confronting the issue head on, but face an enormous job in the coming years. Gli articoli : Aging City Leads Way (the northern city of Dalian has become a model of care for the elderly that other Chinese cities are following. Chinese Minister of Civil Affairs Li Xueju has called upon civil affairs agencies in the nation to learn from Dalian's diversified models for elderly care, ranging from running collectively owned and foreign-designes nursing homes to offering tax-incentives to private households and companies serving the elderly); Home sweet home / Li Li ( a family-run nursing home that gives elderly people the feel of a real home, in Dalian); Doing the Right Thing / Li Li ( How a property tycoon has ditched profits for helping the elderly and realizing a childhood dream); Closing the pension gap / Feng Jianhua (China's rapidly aging society has made providing security for the elderly a government priority. To meet the challenge of elderly care in China, where well over 100 million people are above 60 years old, the government will speed up the construction of a social security system covering both urban and rural areas)