China
Retirement home challenges social morality
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-12 11:17
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A nurse takes care of an elderly woman at a retirement home in Hefei, east China's Anhui province July 11, 2006. It is a traditional value in China that children should support their elderly parents and guarantee them a happy life. Sending parents to retirement homes is not looked upon favorably, Xinhua news agency reported. [Reuters]