Youthful energy helps inspire aged residents

A care home on Yangqu Road in downtown Shanghai not only welcomes the older generation, but also children and teenagers.

The center, which opened in January to help families with elderly dependents, has play areas with slides, games and toys, and a reading room for older children to read and complete school assignments.

Plans are also in the works to start looking after students during the gap between when they finish class and when their parents get off work, according to Jiang Lili, director of the Linfen community service office in Jing'an district.