India: “Bollywood director Sanjay Tripathy should be applauded for his movie ‘Club 60’ on the situation in a changing India with its aging population and the conditions of elders. While it’s a global phenomenon, Sanjay Tripathy’s ‘Club 60’ focuses on India.” Read more here.
Canada: “Experts in Aboriginal health say that home care for seniors is failing to meet the needs of remote First Nations communities, citing needs for more beds, better housing and greater cultural sensitivity. ‘Our communities want to see a system that could support the elders better at the community level. They would like to keep their elders at home as much as possible,’ said Janet Gordon, health director of the Sioux Lookout First Nation Health Authority.” Read more here.
China: “China has long doted on its elders. Now they are getting attention from another group: foreign investors. A number of global property firms are joining domestic developers in banking on a boom in elderly housing as China’s population ages. Merrill Gardens Related, a joint venture between real-estate developer Related Cos. and senior-housing operator Merrill Gardens of the U.S., is working with local developers to build facilities for the elderly in Shanghai, Harbin and Suzhou.” Read more here.
