China boasts the most spectacular sustained economic growth in world history. But there is a fly in the ointment. It also has the world’s largest elderly population. As a consequence of its one-child policy, its share of the population aged 60 and over will spike alarmingly from 12% in 2010 to 34% in 2050, creating a tremendous socioeconomic burden for[Read More…]
As China continues to age rapidly, foreign companies are moving in to cater to the estimated 300 million retirees expected in the next decade. Ben Marino reports from Beijing.
Prof. Albert Park warned that China’s greatest concern in its explosion of elderly. His studies also found that this group is currently not faring well economically, physically and emotionally. He suggested several government priorities to ensure elderly well-being. In this presentation titled” Political and Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in Emerging Markets” on June 25, 2016, two experts – Albert[Read More…]
There’s a multi-billion-dollar market that has been largely overlooked by Silicon Valley. But a new wave of tech startups have begun developing products for seniors and their caregivers, from redesigning canes and pill boxes, to a web-based app that helps keep an eye on elderly relatives. The NewsHour’s Cat Wise has the story.
Professor of Gerontology at the University of Oxford, Sarah Harper,delivers the Oxford London Lecture 2012 entitled ‘The 21st century the last century of Youth’. Professor Sarah Harper is Professor of Gerontology at the University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, a multi-disciplinary research unit concerned with the implications of population ageing. Sarah works on globalisation and[Read More…]
How will you live the rest of your life? The timing, power and purpose of maturity are being dramatically re-imagined as a result of increasing longevity, the boomer age wave and a spectrum of new lifestyle choices across adulthood, including health, family, work, housing, leisure, giving and money. In this provocative presentation, recorded at ASA’s 2015 Aging in America Conference,[Read More…]
Japan’s aging population is causing a looming crisis. How is the world’s most innovative nation preparing for the future? The estimated number of Japanese newborns fell to just 1.001 million in 2014 compared with 1.269 million registered deaths, the lowest birth-rate ever recorded and one that exacerbates the East Asian nation’s ongoing struggles with an aging and shrinking population. “The number of[Read More…]
The research team from RIKEN and Tokai Rubber Industries (TRI) have come together to build a new robot with high-precision sensors for the care of the elderly. The robot called RIBA II (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance) is capable of lifting patients as heavy as 80 kg off the floor and place them on a wheelchair. ; ;[Read More…]
