China’s Gray Revolution: Why China May Invent the New Business of Aging
Discussions of China tend to focus on size – a nation of over 1.3 billion people certainly deserves attention from business and investors worldwide. But, ‘total’ numbers reveal little about underlying social and market dynamics nor the opportunities they may present.
Disruptive Demographics in the Middle Kingdom
Gray China Asia Studies Monitor
United Nations
Living Globally But Aging Alone Center for Strategic and International Studies
China Daily
Care Gap China National Committee on Ageing
People’s Daily
In sight & Innovations
Remote Family Care Allianz Ping An
AgeLab
Health & Wellness Groupe Danone Nestle General Mills
Healthways Fleury S.A Tsao Foundation
Scottish Centre for Telehealth Cisco Partners HealthCare Center for Connected Health University of Rochester
Aging Services housing as a platform for technology-enabled services Philips GE Continua Health Alliance
HelpAge International Home Instead Golden Living
AgeLab
Further Reading
Coughlin, J. & Pope, J. “Innovations in Health, Wellness & Aging-in-Place: Development of a Consumer-Centered Approach to Intelligent Home Services”, IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology, July-August 2008.
“An Investigation of Development Issues of Urban Senior Apartments in China,” China East Normal University, 2007, www.lookinto.cn/article.asp?id=2453
Coughlin, J., Pope, J., Leedle, B. "Old Age, New Technology and Future Innovations in Disease Management and Home Health Care," in Home Health Care Management and Practice, 18(3), pp. 196-207, 2006.
U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/index.html
“A Forecast and Research on the Development Trends of Aging Chinese Population” China National Committee on Aging, 2006, www.china.com.cn/chinese/news/1134589.htm
“A Whitepaper of the Development of Senior Cares in China,” State Council of PRC, December 12, 2006, www.gov.cn/jrzg/2006-12/12/content_467201.htm
“Demands and Development of Senior Apartments in China,” Beijing University, 2003, www.villachina.com/2003-03-21/144158.htm
"Market Research of the Development of Senior Apartments in Beijing,” China Academy of Science, 1998, 210.76.125.39/rkx/harvest/article/lwd86.htm