A research agenda for aging in China in the 21st century

EF Fang, M Scheibye-Knudsen, HJ Jahn, J Li… - Ageing research …, 2015 - Elsevier
China is encountering formidable healthcare challenges brought about by the problem of
aging. By 2050, there will be 400 million Chinese citizens aged 65+, 150 million of whom …

The association of widowhood and living alone with depression among older adults in India

S Srivastava, P Debnath, N Shri, T Muhammad - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Widowhood is a catastrophic event at any stage of life for the surviving partner particularly in
old age, with serious repercussions on their physical, economic, and emotional well-being …

Association of late-life depression with cognitive impairment: evidence from a cross-sectional study among older adults in India

T Muhammad, T Meher - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Late-life depression (LLD) is considered as a prodrome to dementia and plays
a major role in the development of long-term cognitive disabilities. We aimed to estimate the …

Understanding rural–urban differences in depressive symptoms among older adults in China

LW Li, J Liu, H Xu, Z Zhang - Journal of aging and health, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Studies have reported that rural elders in China have higher levels of depression
than their urban peers. We aimed to examine the extent to which four sets of factors …

The spatiality and driving forces of population ageing in China

L Wu, Z Huang, Z Pan - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Studying the spatial characteristics of China's ageing and its influencing factors is of great
practical significance because China has the largest elderly population in the world. Using …

Decomposing rural–urban differences in successful aging among older Indian adults

T Muhammad, S Srivastava, B Hossain, R Paul… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The modernization and shift towards urbanized lifestyles have triggered several diseases,
and the context of aging varies in urban and rural settings in India. The study aimed to …

Can the New Cooperative Medical Scheme promote rural elders' access to health‐care services?

B Dai, J Zhou, YJ Mei, B Wu… - Geriatrics & gerontology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of the New Cooperative Medical
Scheme (NCMS) on rural elders' access to health‐care services. Articles were identified …

The importance of English in primary school education in China: perceptions of students

GY Qi - Multilingual Education, 2016 - Springer
Abstract English has become a compulsory subject from Primary Three in China since 2003
and is gradually being introduced even earlier into the curriculum in many schools. This …

Association between social support and health-related quality of life among Chinese rural elders in nursing homes: the mediating role of resilience

M Wu, Y Yang, D Zhang, X Zhao, Y Sun, H Xie… - Quality of Life …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose This study aims to confirm the relationship between social support and health-
related quality of life (HRQOL) among rural Chinese elders in nursing homes, and to …

Urban-rural disparities in the healthy ageing trajectory in China: a population-based study

H Li, Y Zeng, L Gan, Y Tuersun, J Yang, J Liu, J Chen - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study is to measure the trajectory of healthy ageing among Chinese
middle-aged and older population, and explore the disparity of the trajectory, as well as …