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NURSING the elderly has taken center stage at the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau and Shanghai Open University’s special college to improve civil service in the city.
Shanghai has the highest rate of an aging population in China.
Shanghai Civil Affairs College inaugurated at the weekend the first class of 299 students who are seeking junior college diplomas in professional elderly care and management.
They will take courses in branches of the university in 15 districts of Shanghai to learn basic knowledge about modern management, geriatric sociology, elderly physiology, psychology, nutrition, disease prevention and health keeping, said Yuan Wen, president of Shanghai Open Univeristy.
The students will also learn skills in taking care of elderly people's daily lives, diseases, rehabilitation, security and emergency rescue.
According to a report released by the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, the permanent aged population in Shanghai will top 5.7 million by 2020, increasing the demand for a much larger and higher quality elderly care service.
There are currently about 50,000 nursing staff in Shanghai, but the government plans to add 78,000 by 2020.
“The majority of the current nursing staff are relatively old but poorly educated and not specialized enough,” said Zhao Lijuan, director of the bureau’s center of elderly undertakings.
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