People relax on massage sofas at a senior care centre in Shanghai. File photo: Xinhua
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Case of Shanghai woman assumed dead shows elderly care standards must improve as China ages
- A woman from a care home was almost transported to a morgue earlier this week in a case of incompetence that has sparked public outrage
- The incident has wider ramifications as economic developments and the declining birth rate mean more people will be putting their senior relatives into homes
People relax on massage sofas at a senior care centre in Shanghai. File photo: Xinhua
Corrected [2:23am, 10 May, 2022]
- [2:23am, 10 May, 2022]
A previous version of this commentary identified the patient as a man.
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