A quest to make the twilight years a breeze

Cao Hui, a teacher in charge of the curriculum, attended a three-week training stint in the United States where she visited nursing homes in Utah.

"I managed to learn new things, such as how caregivers can create rehabilitation plans for elderly people suffering from hemiplegia instead of just keeping them in bed and offering basic daily service," she says.

Nursing homes and private training agencies have also been sprouting up in recent years, offering another avenue for training.

For example, the nursing program at Shanghai-based Aining Care Service offers classes to help people obtain caregiver certificates.

According to the company's founder Xia Jun, more than 1,200 caregivers and social workers have signed up for the program since it was launched in 2018.