Boost for private eldercare facilities
By Yang Yang | China Daily | Updated: 2017-02-18 07:48
As China's population of the elderly grows, the private sector is stepping in to fill in the gap in services for the old
It is a cold day early in the Lunar New Year, and 82-year-old Cai Hongyi Is sitting in a wooden chair at the entrance of the four-storey Kangyi Nursing Home in Caiji Town in Suqian, in Jiangsu province.
The home, with a capacity of 400 beds, appears deserted as most of the 80 residents have been taken home by their families for the Spring Festival.
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