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With its first baby boomers entering retirement age, China is at rapid ageing phase. In recent years, more and more metropolitan young-old retirees (from 55 to 70) choose to live out their lives in rural areas as seasonal migrants. The objective of this study was to identify characteristics of seasonal migration, modes of formation and development of rural retirement destinations and impacts of such...
The graying of the population and uncontrolled healthcare costs are posing a great challenge for science and society. Movement of the focus of healthcare out of the acute high cost hospital setting is required in order to meet this challenge. This can be achieved through development of new models of healthcare that are based on early assessment and intervention and in the community. Judicious use...
After the ten years rise of ageing population in Taiwan, it has increased the population rate of elders to nearly 10% in year 2009. Since 1990, the day-time aged care service has been implemented over decades in Taiwan. The social welfare has been attended and been actively promoted among the communities with the aged day-care service (ADCS) in recent years. The successful implementation of the ADCS...
This study follows ISISEMD through a phenomenological approach of investigating the experience of the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) for someone with dementia. The aim is to accentuate the Assistive Technology (AT) from the end user perspective. This paper supports that older adults and those with dementia should no longer be an overlooked population and how the HCI community can learn from their...
Caring of the elderly, especially the empty nesters, is a major concern of the whole society. The paper discusses the current situation of the elderly caring in China and abroad, analyzes the resources available for the caring system, including neighborhood, community, hospital, volunteer, and government, and constructs a framework of the elderly caring system, which provides the aged people with...
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