Wuxi a model for elderly care

He Xingyun, 85, said she knows how hard it was for senior citizens to live a decent life decades ago.

After retiring in the 1980s from a steel shovel factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, she continued working as director of the neighborhood committee of Xiaoli Huazhuang, a residential community in the city's outskirts.

"In the 1980s and 90s, most senior citizens lived with their children. Some complained about strained relationships with daughters-in-law, and some children ignored their parents, even while living under the same roof," He said.