title: China: facing a long-term care challenge on an unprecedented scale.
abstract: Population ageing is occurring in China at a breathtaking pace and rapidly becoming a major public health issue. Due to the one-child policy, rural/urban migration and other societal changes, the family-dependent long-term care (LTC) of the past will no longer suffice. Barely existent now, both institutional and community-based services will need to expand to meet the growing need. China is still at an earlier stage in economic development and will be challenged to build these services and train staff. Furthermore, many elders are not yet covered by financial and insurance support. This massive demographic transition requires political efforts to develop integrated and sustainable national LTC systems.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. aglass@uga.edu
authors.forename: Anne P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012922:Social Change; D014507:Urbanization; D000078329:Workforce