Dilemmas in caring for older adults in Zhejiang Province, China: a qualitative study

Abstract Background Owing to the increase in life expectancy and sickliness, caring for older adults has become a major challenge in China, where the traditional care system is disintegrating and community- and home-based care have been introduced to respond to this ‘silver wave’. However, there is...

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Main Authors: Sha Ma, Jianwei Shi, Lu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-6637-0