Recently, Wharton Business School’s China e-newsletter turned its attention to China’s senior care industry.  The article is a good overview of what has been going on in the market, with particular attention paid to some of the early entrants and what can be gleaned from their nascent endeavors. The article does a good job of [...]

Today was the first day of the Retirement Living World Conference in Shanghai.  Bromme Cole, CEO of Hampton Hoerter China, opened the day’s conference by remarking on what has – and has not – changed in the senior living industry since this conference last came together in Beijing a year ago.  Mark Spitalnik, Founder and [...]

As my research into China’s senior care market has continued, one of the questions I have been eager to explore is how Western providers should come to understand the geriatric training that already exists for doctors, nurses and vocational bed-side staff within China.  Senior care would not be the first industry to peer into China, [...]

Late last week I had the opportunity to tour Cherish Yearn, the Shanghai CCRC.  I want to be sure and say a very big “Thank You!” to Monique Larkin who was kind enough to coordinate the tour.  This development matters for a number of reasons, but perhaps the most important one is this:  it is [...]

In the April-June issue of China Business Review, I have an article published on China’s senior care market.  Designed to shed light on the regulatory, cultural and contextual challenges American eldercare operators will face when expanding into China, the article focuses on five key challenges:  the perceived value of the services provided as judged by [...]

Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of speaking with Jim Swinden, a Director at Aspex Consulting in Melbourne, Australia.  Aspex is a healthcare consulting practice with particular focus on, as they put it, “healthcare policy, planning, program development, research and evaluation.” Jim and his team worked with General’s Garden as they sought to find someone [...]

The conference planners from the upcoming Ageing Asia Investment Forum 2012 in Singapore graciously connected me to three leading experts on global senior care issues who each will be participating in the conference.  Ageing Asia will feature some 250 of the “top decision makers in the business of ageing in Asia” and is designed to [...]

As regular readers of AsiaHealthcareBlog will know, we are very interested in how the Chinese senior care market is evolving.  This year, one of the conferences we are very excited to be joining that will cover this question is the IMPAC Retirement World Living China 2012.  The list of panelists is first rate and the [...]