Energetic elders impressive

I thought nursing homes were always filled with elders with gray-white hair and wrinkled faces who walk with a stagger and wear plain clothes with no bright colors. But my mind changed after I arrived at Sijiqing Nursing Home in Beijing's Haidian district.

Instead, many of the residents displayed confidence and elegance while walking and talking, and many looked much younger than their actual ages of more than 70 years old.

They worked in various sectors before retiring, such as at State-owned enterprises, research institutes or were primary school teachers, doctors or government officials. Some were admitted to the nursing home by their children, who could not look after them at home.