Offering Seniors A Helping Hand At Home

China's rapidly aging population is prompting a surge in the number of companies providing professional care for elderly people. Zhou Wenting reports from Shanghai.

Last month, when Chang Fei hired a professional caregiver to assist her 86-year-old mother who had been hospitalized after a stroke, the Shanghai resident quickly discovered that the woman was completely different to any nanny she had encountered before.

"She has a deep knowledge of commonly used medicines and knows how to judge the condition of my mother's health by looking at her stools. She also checks my mother's heart rate and blood pres-sure twice a day. We're very satisfied and grateful," the 55-year-old said.