March 17, 2021 Demanding higher wages doesn’t address the underlying problem: the brutal arithmetic of this labor-intensive work. Suppose you want to hire aides to take care of your elderly ...

China will intensify efforts to optimize its social insurance systems, assist low-income groups and ensure the public has ...

民政部近日表示，我国将构建贯通县区、乡镇街道、村和社区三级养老服务网络。 China will work to put in place a three-tiered facility network for elderly care services that connects counties (districts), townships (subdistricts), and ...

Faced with a shortfall of elderly care professionals, the Chinese province with the most silver-haired residents is expanding subsidies for graduates to work in elderly care, highlighting the ...

Institutional reforms related to elderly care work and progress toward the establishment of a basic elderly care service system across China were highlights for the sector last year. The Ministry ...

ELDERLY care has become increasingly important as Malaysia becomes an ageing nation. According to the Department of Statistics, 7.4% out of the country’s 33.4 million population in 2023 were 65 ...

Labor shortages at elderly care facilities in Ishikawa Prefecture have been exacerbated by the New Year’s Day earthquake. Some workers are quitting because of the increased work burden or other ...