As family sizes shrink and China's population ages, the country will have to expend more resources and money to provide elderly citizens with everyday assistance. Shan Juan reports.
An average Canadian family of four will pay 11,494 CAD (8,792 U.S. dollars) for public health-care insurance in 2016, a new study released on Wednesday revealed.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday ordered relevant ministries to beef up security at care facilities for disabled people, following Tuesday's knife attack at a care facility in eastern Japan leaving 19 people killed.
As he wheels his 77-year-old aunt away from Bangkok’s first day centre for the elderly, Nakhon reflects on the familial duties that oblige him to juggle night shift work and care for his ageing relative.
Doctors say with only 19 palliative care specialists in the city, priorities and training must change.
Palliative care expert suggests that preparations should be made to allow elderly to end their life in care homes before considering death at home.
‘As a mother I will always feel guilty for making a choice that led to my son’s death,’ says Shalini Mahtani, founder of new website that rates city hospitals’ quality of care based on patient reviews
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the government's health reform plan on Thursday, aiming to keep Australians with chronic diseases and complex conditions out of hospital and provide them with tailored services.
As Hong Kong struggles to increase its fertility rate, hovering well below “replacement” level, young mothers who gave birth at an early age often find that motherhood comes with nightmares. The young women complain that not only do they face hardships raising a child, but that they also meet with open discrimination.
China's population is aging at a historical high, setting the government with the arduous task of providing balanced care for a growing number of senior citizens.
China will promote the integration of health care with elderly care to address its aging population, an official statement showed Wednesday.
When looking for a balance between independence and health care in later life, China's older generation must navigate an under-developed, overwhelmed sector.
Slovakia is lagging behind the advanced world in terms of life expectancy and quality amid the risk of a rapid rise in the deficit in the health-care sector, the long-term analyses of the health-care sector in Slovakia have shown.
China will explore a new method to share the responsibility of elderly care for single-child families as it seeks to tackle the swelling senior population, a health authority publication reported Thursday.
As Beijing's top legislature issued a regulation on home-based care for the aged in the municipal two sessions, deputies urged the government to take supporting measures to ensure its effectiveness.
China will support the role of family in providing care to the elderly as the country responds to the rapid aging of its population, a top health and population official of China said during the 2014 World Family Summit.
The official website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) on Tuesday published a circular to encourage foreign investment in China's elderly care services.
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